New York Daily News Amid the push for widespread use of natural food coloring, scientists are turning to root crops like purple sweet potatoes and black carrots as pot...
msnNOW If you're wary of all of the Yellow 5s, Green 3s and other assorted artificial colors on your food labels, you're not alone. Food scientists have been trying to find natural alternatives for lab-made shades and think that the purple sweet potato might ...
Treehugger Processed foods such as Skittles, Starbursts, Nutri-Grain Bars, and Lunchables might look the same in an American grocery store as they do in a British one, but they're not the same. The American versions contain the artificial food dyes that we've ...
NPR (blog) We've grown accustomed to choosing our food from a spectacular rainbow — care for an impossibly pink cupcake, a cerulean blue sports drink or yogurt in prep...
Huffington Post When he was only 18 years old, William Perkin was enjoying Easter break from London's Royal College of Chemistry -- by experimenting with coal tar. It was 1856, and he was searching for a way to synthesize quinine, an antimalarial drug. What he created ...
National Geographic ... professor of food chemistry at Texas A&M University. Demand for natural food colorings has risen in recent years, as consumers are shying away from artificial food dyes, which have been linked to allergies and behavioral problems such as ... and more »
KMOX.com “Some people feel that red food dye and other food dyes can cause hyperactivity and/or symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children,” says Dr. Kathleen Berchelman, a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Berchelmann says ...
