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Recent Examples of colorant
And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
It is already widely used as a blue food colorant in Asia, but it is not yet authorized in the U.S.9
Butterfly pea flower extract.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Their removal from products reflects growing concerns over the health risks associated with artificial colorants.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Manufacturers that use this dye, which the FDA noted isn’t as widely used as other colorants, have until 2027 and 2028 to update their foods and ingested drugs, respectively.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
It is already widely used as a blue food colorant in Asia, but it is not yet authorized in the U.S.9
Butterfly pea flower extract.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Their removal from products reflects growing concerns over the health risks associated with artificial colorants.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Manufacturers that use this dye, which the FDA noted isn’t as widely used as other colorants, have until 2027 and 2028 to update their foods and ingested drugs, respectively.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorant
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On the other hand, bright colors, such as red, purple, or green, indicate added pigments, which Erdle says are not inherently unsafe but may not be well-regulated in low-quality products.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2025
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Martin loves it for its soft yet bright pigment that adds a pop of color on the cheek without looking too powdery on top of foundation.—
Audrey Noble,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Means is also an advocate for doing away with food dyes.—
Andrea Ruth,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Doing away with artificial food dyes, for example, is far more sensible than Kennedy’s conspiracist views about vaccines.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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In January of this year, the FDA revoked its authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3, giving companies until early 2027 to phase out use of the product in foods in favor of alternative food colorings.—
Stephen DeAngelis,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The new species was identified by its DNA, tail length, body proportions, ears, skull shape, coloring and other subtle physical features, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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But every early cathode-ray tube color television owed its screen’s red hue to europium, a rare earth element excavated and processed exclusively at the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Not surprisingly, Proper No. Twelve 13-Year-Old Single Malt has a darker color and a slightly sweeter flavor than original Proper No. Twelve, the result of using malt barley and of the second-fill port barrels.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Colorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorant. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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