Helpful person wrote:
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> On Sep 27, 7:38 pm, Sock > wrote:
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> > Of course you can name these toxic vegetable dyes?
>
> Not off hand. However, the most common red dye (vegetable) from about
> 30 years ago was removed from the market due to toxicity.

That dye, red dye No. 2, is also called amaranth,
but it is not a vegetable dye. It is a synthetic
dye made from petroleum or coal tar.