Are Food Dyes Being Phased Out? Reading Your Labels

Podcast: The Monégasque Table · MONÉGASQUE

Opublikowano: 2026-10-03

Are synthetic food dyes being phased out? Three different things are happening and "banned" describes only one of them. In April 2025, HHS and the FDA announced a set of measures to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation's food supply. Inside that announcement sit three separate mechanisms. A process was initiated to revoke authorization for two colorings, Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B. Six others — FD&C Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2 — are described as the agency working with industry to eliminate them from the food supply by the end of the...