Consumer Reports, an advocacy and research nonprofit, is calling on the maker of Peeps candies to stop using Red Dye 3 in its products.
According to a Monday news release, Consumer Reports sent a letter to Just Born Quality Confections earlier this year – urging the candy manufacturer to remove Red Dye 3 from its products like Peeps. The company has not responded, Consumer Reports said, prompting the nonprofit to start a petition.
The announcement arrives amid a larger push among a handful of consumer advocacy groups to ban the use of Red Dye 3, also known as FD&C Red No. 3 or erythrosine, in food products nationwide.
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First they came for the peeps, and I didn’t speak up, because I do not celebrate Easter.
is Red Dye 3 the one made from coal tar or the one made from ox blood?
Hasn't this dye been known to be toxic for decades?
Did you think of the joy of the children when they bit into a pink Peep? Yes, they may develop terrible diseases but isn't that what freedom is all about?
