Food and drink manufacturers that color their products with cochineal extract and carmine must now declare the ingredients on the label under a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling. The FDA ...

The Food and Drug Administration has decided that consumers have a right to know when there's a bug in their food (or lipstick). Well, sort of—under the new rule, ingredient labels on many food, ...

Already one of the biggest companies in the huge flavorings and fragrances industry, Israel’s Frutarom got bigger last week. It acquired the flavors and natural food colors division of Peru’s Montana ...

Kalsec has introduced a black carrot extract as a possible replacement for the food coloring carmine, which will be subject to new labeling requirements in the United States from January 5, 2011.

If you've never stopped to think about how the food you eat gets its color, maybe it's time you did. A non-profit health and consumer watchdog is raising concerns about how some yogurt companies color ...

A food dye used in Dannon yogurt contains a type of protein that might make some consumers squeal. The bright red dye used in berry flavors of Dannon yogurt comes from crushed-up bugs, according to a ...

Cochineal beetles are rejoicing this month as the Hansen sweet potato proves a viable alternative for producing the carmine color crushed beetles have long added to foods and cosmetics. Chr. Hansen, a ...