Is Red 3 Lurking in Your Halloween candy?
Red 3 is a common food dye in candy and other foods - and it’s also a known carcinogen. Consumer Reports is partnering with other safety and health organizations in calling on the FDA to ban Red 3 in food products - but we need your help!
There are thousands of products on the market that contain Red 3 - including Halloween candy - and we want to know where this food dye is lurking.
Are you seeing Red 3 in your kids’ Halloween candy bucket? If so, what types of candy are you seeing it in? Here are a few tips for your investigation!
- Check all candy wrappers and look for the dye listed as Red 3 in the ingredients list
- There are other types/numbers of red dye (like the commonly used Red 40) - for this survey we’re only interested in those with Red 3
- It’s worth checking all candy, even those that don’t look bright red (for instance, candy corn). You never know where food dyes are hiding!