Red, yellow, blue…all the primary colors are beautiful to look at…but not in our foods. You may be surprised to discover the following synthetic dyes in your foods:

–Pillsbury Grands! Flaky Layers Honey Butter Biscuits & Betty Crocker Supermoist Carrot Cake contain Red 40
–Edy’s Take the Cake Ice Cream & Sara Lee Signature Colletions Andes Chocolate Mint Cream Pie contain Red 3
–Vlasic Kosher Dill Spears & Yoplait Key Lime Yogurts contain Yellow 5

The use of synthetic dyes and food colorings has drastically increased over the last 5 years. The safety of these dyes used in food is not exactly known, leaving it up to the consumer to make an educated decision.

Read the full post on The Colors of the Rainbow ADDED to Our Foods.