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?
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?
