The 'red' amidol I refer to is a batch made in japan that is being sold worldwide these days. When you mix the developer it looks the color of oxblood shoe polish & tints the print a pink color and the fix a real pink/red. Disconcerting to say the least.(posted 8243 days ago)Doing a Google search on Amidol shows it coming up in boht hair dyes and food/sugar processing. Haven't checked the exact chemical formulation to know if this is the same product, a minor variation or something called the same while very different. I just started searching to find a source of Amidol that might be lower in cost than some current suppliers.
As for Amidol & some doubting it could be used in the food industry... why not? Being toxic has never stopped anything from being used there if a dollar was to be made.