04/11/2023
Sugar and dye make gummies toxic!
Red Dye No. 3 — found in gummies, ice cream cones, frostings, toaster pastries and more — is under fire in California, where lawmakers have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill that would ban the synthetic food coloring, along with four other potentially harmful chemicals frequently found in processed foods. If the bill passes, items like fruit cups, chewy candies, Skittles and Peeps would no longer be able to be sold in the state. The bill is being applauded by some parents who say red food dye No. 3 has already been banned from their own households. One is father of three Matt Parks, who tells Yahoo Life that he and his wife try to do their best to keep their children from having red dye No. 3. "We very strictly limit the amount of red dye that our kids have," he says, noting that they're especially cautious with their younger daughter. "We have noticed that when she has red food dye, her ability to regulate emotions becomes impaired," he says. "She's very easily agitated and upset — far more than normal. It's gotten to the point where even she notices the change." Parks says he has ADHD and notices that, when he has products with red dye No. 3, he feels more irritable and agitated. "It's not a cause of those symptoms, but it does seem to be a trigger," he says.
If passed, Assembly Bill 418 would ban red dye No. 3, titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil and propylparaben from the manufacturing, distribution or sale of foods in California.
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