The Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3 for its potential cancer risk, and other ingredients could be next ...

Decades after being banned in cosmetics, the FDA is now prohibiting Red 3 in ingestible products due to health concerns.

Checking Ingredient Labels Is the Best Way to Find ... But some other red candies, like Swedish Fish and Wild Cherry Lifesavers, use Red 40. BAKED GOODS AND SNACKS Some baked goods and snacks ...

Given that the FDA has banned Red Dye 3 due its link to cancer in rats, this leaves a lingering question: What about Red Dye 40? Is Red Dye 3 really worse?

But it kept appearing on the ingredient lists of popular snack foods ... like Swedish Fish and Wild Cherry Lifesavers, use Red 40. BAKED GOODS AND SNACKS Some baked goods and snacks – mostly ...

But some other red candies, like Swedish Fish and Wild Cherry Lifesavers, use Red 40. Some baked goods and snacks – mostly with red icing – contain Red 3. Betty Crocker Red Decorating Icing ...