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WARF is spotlighting an altered form of soybean plant as a top licensing prospect, with potential applications in food dye production as an alternative to more harmful synthetic chemicals. The soybean plant was engineered to produce large amounts of a natural red pigment called betalain in hopes of replacing synthetic dyes like Red Dye No. 3, which have come under fire by the FDA due to poss...