interviewed Jennifer Newell-Caito, senior lecturer in biochemistry at the University of Maine, on Red Dye No. 3, which the Food and Drug Administration has banned and W.A. Bean & Sons no longer uses for coloring Maine’s iconic red snapper. The replacement ingredient used by the company is carmine powder, a widely used dye derived from cochineal, a scale insect. “It’s a purified, safe natural form of a red dye that has the FDA approval for use in food,” Newell-Caito said.
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