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A comment on US Will Ban Cancer-Linked Red Dye No. 3 in Cereal and Other Foods. Parent comment

Re:US Will Ban Cancer-Linked Red Dye No. 3 in Cereal and Oth... by 1970-01-01 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @12:46PM (#42714347)
The saying goes you eat with your eyes. These things depend on dye as they rot on the shelf otherwise.

A paper on it: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00319...

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Re:US Will Ban Cancer-Linked Red Dye No. 3 in Cereal and Oth... by deathanatos on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:46PM (#42720902)
I mean … the pickled ginger served by my local Japanese sushi place is … well, the color of ginger (same shade as like a ginger beer) and it tastes fine to me?
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Re:US Will Ban Cancer-Linked Red Dye No. 3 in Cereal and Oth... by account42 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @05:49AM (#42723750)
They rot on the shelves ... when competitors can make their alternatives more flamboyant to stand out. Not if everyone stops needlessly coloring those foods.
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