FD&C Red No. 3
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
FDA has regulatory oversight for color additives used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. FD&C Red No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is a synthetic dye with a cherry-pink stain. In foods it is used to dye cake decorating gel, candies and popsicles, among other food items. Red #40 (Allura Red), is an azo dye, but it is often used in place of Red Dye #3 and can still be found in use in the food industry. Red Dye #3 is also used as color additive for ingested drugs. It is not listed as approved for use in cosmetics.[1][2]
[1] Electronic Code of Federal Registers. Title 21: Food and Drugs. Part 74. Listing of color additives subject to certification. Subpart B. Drugs. Accessed online October 19, 2011. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=c387334e82029536a53dde1171ba5481;rgn=div5;view=text;node=21%3A1.0.1.1.27;idno=21;cc=ecfr#21:1.0.1.1.27.1.31.6
[2] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Color Additives: FDA's Regulatory Process and Historical Perspectives. Accessed 10/20/2011. http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/RegulatoryProcessHistoricalPerspectives/default.htm
Further information
Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.
Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen and Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 500 mg / 25 mg
- Acyclovir 200 mg
- Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril Hydrochloride 5 mg / 10 mg
- Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril Hydrochloride 10 mg / 40 mg
- Calcitriol 0.5 mcg
- Didrex 50 mg
- Feldene 20 mg
- Flurazepam Hydrochloride 15 mg
- Indomethacin 25 mg
- Kadian 40 mg
- Lortab 2.5 500 500 mg / 2.5 mg
- Mefenamic Acid 250 mg
- Minocycline Hydrochloride 50 mg
- Navane 10 mg
- Navane 1 mg
- Navane 2 mg
- Phentermine Hydrochloride 15 mg
- Phenytoin Sodium Extended 200 mg
- Restoril 30 mg
- Temazepam 7.5 mg
