Red Dye No. 3 is a food additive you’ll find in foods like candy, baking decorations, frostings, cookies, toaster pastries, and more.
However, the additive has been under fire for some time, and in 2023, the state of California actually banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods sold in that state. Now, that ban has extended to the entirety of the U.S. CNN reports that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned the additive from all food, drinks, and ingested drugs sold in the country.