Peeps, Already Controversial, Apparently Contain a Cancer-Causing Dye

Bon Appetit ^ | April 7, 2023 | Sam Stone

[nickcarraway]

Has anybody ever look at Peeps and thought they were healthy? They looks like some kind of industrial insulation or industrial packing material that was ban in the 70s.

[Secret Agent Man]

Its a race between the cancer from the dye, and the diabetes from all the sugar.

[nickcarraway]

And maybe a little reprocessed toxic waste for flavor?

[napscoordinator]

Hopefully one day they will truly find a cure for both and Alzheimer’s. That would be a great day in America. I thankfully don’t have any of the three but so many are afflicted with them.

[mewzilla]

I’ve enjoyed Peeps for decades.

Still here.

And healthy.

[DoodleBob]

Peeps are a national treasure. So what if they have carcinogens. Remember Sweet n Low? Tab diet soda? Smoking? Guns?

Long live these great American products, and anyone slandering them is a commie.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I eat the yellow ones once a year. 😏

[Ge0ffrey]

Is the author of this article also concerned about the chemical castration of children?

[mass55th]

I never liked them, even as a kid in the 50’s.

[mfish13]

Red Dye #3 — also known as erythrosine or FD&C Red No. 3 — in cosmetics and externally applied drugs, based on its analysis of unpublished animal research suggesting a link to thyroid cancer. But the agency still allows its use in thousands of foods, dietary supplements and ingested drugs.

Unpublished.

[Republican Wildcat]

The real question is why anyone has ever looked at them or tried them and thought they were tasty - they’re like dried out, stale meringue.

[Boogieman]

I remember the “don’t eat the red M&Ms” fad based on this kind of hysteria.

[Fledermaus]

Jeez, they peddle these lies every decade

[DallasBiff]

My mother, God bless her soul, could eat a gross of Peeps in one sitting.

Myself can't stand them.

[steve86]

I just bought a carton of 36. Especially love the blue ones.

[steve86]

“I have to admit I find it somewhat upsetting to take a chomp out of a baby chick (with eyes, no less!). “

It’s not a real chick.

[markman46]

I don’t really care, they are fun for the kids, I don’t eat them.

[Secret Agent Man]

What lasts longer, Peeps, Twinkees, or a McDonalds hamburger?

[TigersEye]

Mom! Peeps just don't taste the same without cancer-causing dye!

[HartleyMBaldwin]

And tuna was better when it had plenty of dolphin in it.