• originalucifer
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    The blue color was used to differentiate raspberry-flavored foods from cherry-, watermelon-, and strawberry-flavored foods, each of which is red.

    interesting

    • dantheclammanOPMEnglish
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      I also read, and may add to this article that amaranth (Red No. 2) was usually used to color raspberry stuff, but was banned as a carcinogen (somewhat controversially), leading them to pivot to blue

  • MangoEnglish
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    No that’s blue flavor.