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Red Dyes?


radgirl

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Today, I was told that red dye #40 is made with wheat. Can anyone confirm this? Do food dyes have gluten? I know we really shouldn't be consuming them to begin with, but it does happen.


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According to Clan Thompson all the food dyes I looked up (all the Blues, Reds, Greens and Yellows) are Gluten Free (that's FD&C dyes which is what is used normally, including the #40 Red you mention).

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No dye has wheat.

richard

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The only thing that comes to mind for red dye is that I know some are made with something called "carmine", which is actually made from grinding up the wings of a particular beetle. :wacko: There may be other parts used - not sure.

Now that I think of it, I did read someplace that something from pigs is sometimes used in the coloring of cherries. I still don't know why anyone would want to color a cherry though.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

From what I read, dyes are not a problem from a gluten standpoint.

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