Red Dye No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright red color. It is also sometimes used in oral medicines and dietary supplements. It first was approved for use in food in 1907. It's made from petroleum.

Newsweek published a list of some of the foods and drinks that contain Red No. 3. Those items include: Candies like Pez Assorted Fruit, Dubble Bubble Original Twist, Brach's Candy Corn and Jelly Belly.

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) order banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias renewed his call for an overhaul of the rules governing food additives to eliminate toxic chemicals from the food supply,