The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.

Yes, there are in fact strawberries in there, but they're there for flavor and texture, not color. That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs.

The resulting color has a cool quality. On a color wheel, it sits closer to a purple than a carmine red (once made from beetles). The opposite effect can be said of turquoise, which runs slightly ...

Thirty other patients had negative patch test results. Carmine is a widely used pigment derived from gravid cochineal insects. Carminic acid is the source of its color. Only two previous ...

The decision arrives nearly 35 years after the dye was prohibited in cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.

Hourglass Cosmetics is making waves once again with the expansion of its award-winning Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm ...

Red 3 is banned for food use in Europe, Australia and New Zealand except in certain kinds of cherries. The dye will be banned ...