Maybe your mom reassured you when you were younger that the cough syrup would taste “just like candy” — usually cherry, but why cherry?

With an FDA ban on Red No. 3 underway, consumers may be seeking alternatives to the potentially harmful color additive.

The FDA is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink.

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The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications years ago because a study showed it caused cancer in rats.

Many maraschino cherry brands – including store brands ... Mucinex Children’s Cough Syrup, Robitussen Adult Cough and Chest Congestion and Vick’s NyQuil Cold and Flu also use Red 40.