artificial colors
Lab-made food dyes
Artificial colors are synthetic dyes added to food, cosmetics, and other products to enhance or alter their appearance.
Unlike colors derived from plants or minerals, these are manufactured chemically.
Food labels often list them by number: Red 40, Yellow 5.
Products marketed as natural prominently advertise the absence of artificial colors.
- dyesPigments for staining materials
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- additivesSubstances included for enhancement
- red 40Petroleum-derived food colorant
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
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Pigments derived from plants, insects, minerals
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