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Do you like red velvet cake and do you care that it has red dye in it to make it red?

Asked by JLeslie (65454points) January 1st, 2024 from iPhone

There are traditional recipes that created the red through natural ingredients, but the red velvet you most commonly eat today in the US uses dye to make it red.

I am not asking if red dye concerns you more than other dyes, but rather, is there any point in using any dye? Would you rather just have it it’s natural color from the ingredients?

I’m not asking about dyes used to make icing flowers for cake decoration and to write happy birthday, but just basic cake, does it seem necessary for the red velvet experience?

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