Many of us are still wary of food dyes because of reports about links between red dye #2 and cancer in the 1970s. While red dye #2 was subsequently banned from products sold in the United States, many ...

Trust your gut – synthetic food dyes could be bad for you. A new study from Cornell and Binghamton University researchers adds evidence to recent theories that common food dyes, which give your ...

Whenever a big holiday rolls around, I start thinking about the festive foods I can make for it. Naturally that includes plenty of sweets, often ones that look best with some kind of bright, colorful ...

You're in luck: These plant-based colorings do a nifty job of turning your food green—just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Serious Eats / Kelli Solomon, Amanda Suarez It's that time of year when the ...

While food coloring might not top your weekly grocery list, it’s definitely a staple every mom should have in the house at all times. Maybe you have a special birthday coming up that calls for ...

I’m not really against food coloring, but I’ll happily go the natural route when possible. There are so many amazing colors in food — so why not use them? There are some brands that are now selling ...

On Monday, the Trump administration has revealed plans to phase out all petroleum-derived artificial colorings from foods nationwide. According to a statement from the Department of Health and Human ...

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