Get More Blue and Less is More
Science has been searching for an organic option to create blue food dye for decades. A new solution may come from the unlikeliest of places: something red. Anthony and Jeff discuss the state of blue foods in 2021. Then, we've all heard that both "bigger is better" and "less is more," but which is more common? Jeff and Anthony talk about a new study that shows humans actually have a preference.
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This one: https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-isolated-blue-found-in-nature-could-mean-an-end-to-synthetic-food-colorings
And this one, submitted by Geoff Engelstein: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/the-takeaway-is-that-we-dont-tend-to-take-things-away/
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