Synthetic food dyes appear to be on their way out after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red 3 on Jan. 15 following mounting concerns from researchers and American consumers. Consumer ...

A bottle of soda is photographed in Washington Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel coloring in soft drinks and ...

Victoria Monet with caramel-colored hair. Caramel, believe it or not, looks just as delectable as a hair color as it does as a filling in a chocolate bon-bon (well…almost). The burnt-sugar shade is ...

LOS ANGELES -- Tests by Consumer Reports show some soft drinks with caramel color contain a potential carcinogen. Nearly half of Americans drink soda daily, an average of two-and-a-half glasses a day.

A consumer watchdog group is asking federal officials to ban the use of caramel coloring in popular soft drinks, citing a possible cancer risk.The Center for Science in the Public Interest said ...

In 2011, the state of California created a problem for the soda industry. The caramel color that Coke and Pepsi used to give colas that distinctive brown hue contained a chemical, 4-methylimidazole — ...

Caramel colors have brought desirable brown shades to beverages for more than a century. Like the beverage industry, the caramel color industry is innovating, such as by achieving organic ...

Pancake syrup is far less expensive than pure maple syrup, but those savings come at a price. Caramel color is often used to give the syrups their amber hue, and some types can contain 4-MeI—a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel coloring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no ...