# Carmine Red Dye

> This test measures the amount of specific IgE antibodies in your blood that react to Carmine Red Dye, a common coloring agent found in foods and cosmetics. It helps determine if your immune system treats this dye as a threat, which can explain symptoms like hives, swelling, or breathing trouble after eating red foods or using certain makeup.

- Labcorp code: 604506
- Category: [Allergies & Sensitivities](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/allergies-sensitivities.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: 3–5 days
- Collection: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Without a doctor: yes. People order it themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral.
- Price: shown on the review page its order link opens. Opening it orders nothing.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=604506&ref=assistant

## About ordering

People order for themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral, and results arrive in their Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.