Setting a timeline for the food industry to move from petroleum-based dyes to natural alternatives. Starting to revoke FDA authorization for Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B.

But some companies have completely shifted away from synthetic dyes and instead focused on natural food coloring, like curcumin, carotenes, paprika and anthocyanins, Johnson-Arbor says.

While the typical food coloring relies on synthetic dyes like FD&C Green No. 3 (Fast Green) or a combination of FD&C Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and FD&C Yellow No. 5 (Tartrazine) the green ...

The Food and Drug Administration is banning two synthetic food colorings, including Citrus Red 2 and Orange B and six synthetic dyes, including FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5 ...

Under its Exberry brand, colouring solutions firm GNT has developed the “first” purely oil-based food colouring, Shade Vivid Orange – OS. The new Coloring Food is made from paprika seed oil ...