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10 lut 2011 · A health scare caused red M&M's to disappear from stores for more than a decade. Life's Little Mysteries explains why the chocolate candies were eventually reintroduced.
20 mar 2017 · Much to the public’s dismay, the Mars and Murray Company stopped production of red M&Ms because of a health scare concerning Red Dye Number 2, which at the time was the most common red food dye in use.
10 kwi 2022 · In 1976, Mars, the company that produces M&M's and later became Mars Wrigley, axed the popular candy color because of health fears about a red food coloring called Red Dye No.2, reports Mental Floss. The scare stemmed from a Russian theory that associated the dye with causing cancer, and an FDA investigation concluded the coloring caused ...
24 gru 2020 · The concern stemmed from a Soviet study that erroneously labeled the dye as being potentially carcinogenic. No solid evidence existed, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the dye just...
Quite a while (unless you have some very old M&Ms), since they are no longer made. Red M&Ms were discon tinued, not because they contained FD&C red dye No. 2, an alleged cause of cancer, but because the public might assume that the red dye being used was FD&C red No.2, and, thus, avoid M&Ms.
10 wrz 2024 · In 1976, M&M candies discontinued their “Red M” amidst concerns over the potentially fatal risk of red food coloring that contained amaranth (in FD&C Red #2), suspected as being cancer-causing.
22 lut 2020 · Are M&M's candies linked to cancer and a host of other health issues? No, that's not true: An article warning about the dangers of consuming the popular chocolate candies appears to overstate the health risks, and some of the concerns it mentions are either outdated or outright false.
