The FDA's ban on FD &C Red No. 3, also known as Red 3, will not go into effect until January 2027 for food products and beverages and January 2028 for consumable medications, meaning products containing Red 3 will still be on the market for the next two years.

With Wednesday's ban of Red No. 3, there are now 8 artificial dyes in America's food supply. Discover what dyes remain, the health risk to humans, and the companies involved.

Red No. 3 is a petroleum-based artificial food coloring that’s been used in a variety of products, spanning cough medicine to nutrition shakes. It’s banned in the European Union, except in cocktail cherries such as maraschinos.