As food companies face pressure to eliminate artificial dyes, experts weigh in on the natural alternatives that could replace ...

While cochineal insects provide intense, stable colors, dyes from plant materials are less stable. That difference is “very challenging for companies, because, for example, if a company produces ...

The plants have a one-time use and are eventually ... the result of soaking the fibers in organic cochineal dyes. And, in what he describes as “a noncalculated positive outcome,” the agave ...

Color is powerful driver of consumer behavior and changes can backfire, Giusti noted. In 2016, food giant General Mills removed artificial dyes from Trix cereal after requests from consumers, ...