Nutrition Diet: Do M&Ms have red dye?
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While red M&Ms were famously removed from production between 1976 and 1987 due to consumer fears over a different red dye (Red No. 2), U.S.-marketed M&M's do currently contain red dye in the form of Red 40. This decision was a strategic move by Mars to avoid confusion, even though their product never used the controversial dye.
