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Blue raspberry flavor (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 months ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia

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[–] dantheclamman 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I also read, and may add to this article that amaranth (Red No. 2) was usually used to color raspberry stuff, but was banned as a carcinogen (somewhat controversially), leading them to pivot to blue

[–] Voyajer 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, blue, the anti-carcinogen.

[–] RealFknNito 6 points 5 months ago

Carcinogen't