Certain candies, assorted baked goods and snacks, dairy and frozen dessert products, cough syrups and supplements contain Red Dye 3.

After decades of debate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a ban on Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic food coloring that’s been linked to cancer in male lab rats. The decision comes after a petition filed in 2022 by advocacy groups,

Red 3 was banned from cosmetics because of a potential cancer risk. Now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally banned it from food as well. “The FDA cannot authorize a food additive or color additive if it has been found to cause cancer in humans or animals.