Comment by smallerize
Comment by smallerize 3 days ago
I don't think Froot Loops ever used red 3. They use red 40.
Comment by smallerize 3 days ago
I don't think Froot Loops ever used red 3. They use red 40.
I wouldn't consider Froot Loops a health food, but the Canadian version have all natural flavour and colour-
"Concentrated carrot juice (for colour), Anthocyanin, Annatto, Turmeric, Natural flavour, Concentrated watermelon juice (for colour), Concentrated blueberry juice (for colour), Concentrated huito juice (for colour)" etc
From their ingredients.
Another item is sprayed for coloring is ORANGES (Citrus Red No. 2 is the color)
https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidan...
It's just how cereal is made. Before fruit loops are loops, they are grain mash. That grain mash is mostly uniform in color and brown-ish. In order to have a bowl filled with loops where some of the loops are yellow and others are green and others are blue, they add different colors of dye. It's the same whether it's neon green or organic green - the dye is added at the end for appeal to the consumer.
It's more of a commentary about how food in the US is overly colored for no other reason than it looks cool, sometimes at the detriment of the health of the consumer.