Artificial colouring: Melons are injected with poisonous coloring chemicals, including erythrosine B, to improve their color, lengthen their shelf life, and ripen them quickly. You can soak a ...

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent ban of Erythrosine, known as Red Dye No. 3 (Red 3), will require food and beverage companies to reformulate products that use the synthetic color by ...