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Saturday, June 4, 2016

E127 - Erythrosine

Erythrosine, also known as Red #3, is an organoiodine compound, specifically a derivative of fluorone. It is cherry-pink synthetic, primarily used for food coloring. It is the disodium salt of 2,4,5,7-tetraiodofluorescein. Food additive approved by the European Union (EU). It is used as a synthetic colouring agent in food and drink products, as well as photography.

While commonly used in many countries of the world, erythrosine is less commonly used in the United States (the second least used after Fast Green FCF) because Allura Red AC (Red #40) is generally used instead. However, Allura Red AC is banned in many European countries because it is an azo dye. Erythrosine can be used in colored food and ingested drugs in the USA without any restriction, however, its use is banned in cosmetics and external drugs. The lake variant is also banned from use in the United States.

Food and drinks that may include E127:

canned fruit
cherries
custard mixes
bakery products
strawberries
sweets

Source: Wikipedia

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E125 - Scarlet GN, Food Red

Scarlet GN, Food Red 1, Ponceau SX, is a red azo dye once used as a food dye. As a food additive, it has the E number E125. It usually used as a disodium salt.

In the United States, it is not permitted for use in food or ingested drugs and may only be used in externally applied drugs and cosmetics. An exception was added in 1965 to allow the coloring of maraschino cherries, which then are considered mainly decorative and not a foodstuff.[4] This exception was repealed in 1976 due to mounting evidence over its safety concerns. In the European Union, it is not permitted as a food additive.

Only permitted for externally applied drugs and cosmetics in the US.

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E124 - Ponceau 4R, Brilliant Scarlet

Ponceau 4R is also known as Cochineal Red A, Acid Red 18, Brilliant Scarlet 3R, Brilliant Scarlet 4R, New Coccine is a synthetic colorant that is used as a food coloring. It is denoted by E Number E124. Ponceau 4R is a strawberry red azo dye which can be used in a variety of food products, and is usually synthesized from aromatic hydrocarbons; it is stable to light, heat, and acid but fades in the presence of ascorbic acid.

Appears to cause allergic and/or intolerance reactions particularly amongst those with an aspirin intolerance or asthmatics. Carcinogen in animals. Not recommended for consumption by children. Hyperactive Childrens Support Group believe that a link exists between this additive and hyperactive behavioral disorders in children. It is banned in Norway and the United States.

Food and drinks that may include E124:

salami
tinned fruits
dessert mixes
soups

Source: Wikipedia

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

E123 - Amaranth

Amaranth, Azorubin S is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from amaranth grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds. Amaranth is an anionic dye. It can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. As a food additive it has E number E123. Amaranth usually comes as a trisodium salt. It has the appearance of reddish-brown, dark red to purple water-soluble powder that decomposes at 120 °C without melting. Since 1976 Amaranth has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a suspected carcinogen. Its use is still legal in some countries, notably in the United Kingdom where it is most commonly used to give Glacé cherries their distinctive color.

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E123 is associated with asthma and eczema, as well as hyperactivity in children. There have also been some queries about the possibility of E123 being carcinogenic. Individuals with intolerance to salicylates may find that they are intolerant to E123, due to the colouring being an azo dye. E123 is banned in many countries including Austria, Russia, and Norway.

Food and drinks that may include E123:

cake mixes
jelly crystals
tinned fruit
gravy granules
soups
desserts
wines
spirits

Source: Wikipedia

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E122 - Azorubine, Carmoisine

Azorubine, carmoisine, Food Red 3, Azorubin S is a synthetic red food dye from the azo dye group. It usually comes as a disodium salt. It is a red to maroon powder. It is used for the purposes where the food is heat-treated after fermentation. It has E number E122. Azorubine has shown no evidence of mutagenic or carcinogenic properties and an acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 0–4 mg/kg was established in 1983 by the WHO.

Chemical Structure and Name

E122 is thought by some to worsen asthma and to cause allergic reactions in individuals allergic to aspirin (related info - aspirin in the news). When taken in combination with benzoates, E122 is also suspected of inducing hyperactivity in children. Individuals with intolerance to salicylates may find that they are intolerant to E122, due to the colouring being an azo dye. E122 is banned in the United States, Sweden, Norway, and Austria.

There is no evidence to support broad claims that food coloring causes food intolerance and ADHD-like behavior in children. It is possible that certain food coloring may act as a trigger in those who are genetically predisposed, but the evidence is weak.

In 1970s, the well-publicized advocacy of Benjamin Feingold, there has been public concern that food colorings may cause ADHD-like behavior in children. These concerns have led the FDA and other food safety authorities to regularly review the scientific literature, and led the UK FSA to commission a study by researchers at Southampton University of the effect of a mixture of six food dyes (Tartrazine, Allura Red, Ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow WS, Sunset Yellow and Carmoisine (dubbed the "Southampton 6")) and sodium benzoate (a preservative) on children in the general population, who consumed them in beverages; the study published in 2007. The study found "a possible link between the consumption of these artificial colors and a sodium benzoate preservative and increased hyperactivity" in the children.

Food and drinks that may include E122:

marzipan
sweets
jams
sauces
soups

Source: Wikipedia and other blogs

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E121 - Citrus Red 2

Citrus Red 2, Citrus Red No. 2 is an artificial dye. As a food dye, it has been permitted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1956 to color the skin of oranges. Citrus Red 2 is listed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a group 2B carcinogen, a substance "possibly carcinogenic to humans". E121.

Citrus Red 2 is an orange to yellow solid or a dark red powder with a melting point of 156°C. It is not soluble in water, but is readily soluble in many organic solvents. Citrus Red 2 is used to color early-season, ripe fruit that haven't been exposed to cold enough weather to produce the characteristic orange skin. Used to color skins of Florida oranges.

Chemical Structure and Name

Source: Wikipedia

May cause cancer and chromosomal damage. FDA has recommended a ban.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

E120 - Cochineal, Carmic Acid, Carmines

Carmine, also called crimson lake, cochineal, natural red or E120, is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium salt of carminic acid; it is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color of the same name. The pigment is produced from some scale insects such as the cochineal scale and certain Porphyrophora species (Armenian cochineal and Polish cochineal). Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, crimson ink, rouge, and other cosmetics, and is routinely added to food products such as yogurt, candy and certain brands of juice, the most notable ones being those of the ruby-red variety.

To prepare carmine, the powdered scale insect bodies are boiled in ammonia or a sodium carbonate solution, the insoluble matter is removed by filtering, and alum is added to the clear salt solution of carminic acid to precipitate the red aluminium salt, called "carmine lake" or "crimson lake." Purity of color is ensured by the absence of iron. Stannous chloride, citric acid, borax, or gelatin may be added to regulate the formation of the precipitate. For shades of purple, lime is added to the alum; thus, the traditional crimson color is guaranteed not only by carminic acid but also by choice of its chelating metal salt ion.

Carmine may be prepared from cochineal, by boiling dried insects in water to extract the carminic acid and then treating the clear solution with alum.

Source: Wikipedia

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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Food Additive Secrets

Facts about the Food Additives, Preservatives and Colors used...

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

E111 - Orange GGN

Orange GGN, also known as alpha-naphthol orange, used to be used as a food dye. It is the disodium salt of 1-(m-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid. In Europe it was denoted by the E Number E111, but has been forbidden for use in foods since 1 January 1978 (EU directive 76/399/EEC). It has never been included in the food additives list of the Codex Alimentarius. As such it is forbidden for food use in general, because toxicological data has shown it is harmful. One study showed that Orange GGN produced a dose dependent inhibition of mitochondrial respiration. This prevents or limits the use of oxygen as a source of energy to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

The absorption spectrum of Orange GGN and Sunset Yellow is nearly identical in visible and ultraviolet range, but they can be distinguished by their IR spectra.

Chemical Structure and Name.

Source: Wikipedia and other web sources.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

E110 - Sunset Yellow FCF

Sunset Yellow FCF (also known as Orange Yellow S) is a petroleum-derived orange azo dye with a pH dependent maximum absorption. When added to foods sold in the US it is known as FD&C Yellow 6; when sold in Europe, it is denoted by E Number E110. E110 is used in candy, desserts, snacks, sauces, and preserved fruits. Found in orange squash, orange jelly, marzipan, Swiss roll, apricot jam, citrus marmalade, lemon curd, sweets, hot chocolate mix and packet soups, breadcrumbs, cheese sauce, ice cream, canned fish, and many medications. Sunset Yellow is often used in conjunction with E123, amaranth, to produce a brown colouring in both chocolates and caramel. The acceptable daily intake (ADI) is 0–4 mg/kg under both EU and WHO/FAO guidelines.

Chemical Structure and Name

Sunset Yellow is banned or restricted as a food additive in Norway, Finland and Sweden. It has been claimed since the late 1970s under the advocacy of Benjamin Feingold that that Sunset Yellow FCC causes food intolerance and ADHD-like behavior in children but there is no scientific evidence to support these broad claims. In 2008, the Food Standards Agency of the UK called for food manufacturers to voluntarily stop using six food additive colours, Tartrazine, Allura Red, Ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow WS, Sunset Yellow and Carmoisine.

Side effects are urticaria (hives), rhinitis (runny nose), nasal congestion, allergies, hyperactivity, kidney tumors, chromosomal damage, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, indigestion, distaste for food; increased incidence of tumors in animals.

It appears to cause allergic and/or intolerance reactions, particularly among those with an aspirin intolerance.

Source: Wikipedia and other web sources.

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

E107 - Yellow 2G

Yellow 2G is a food coloring denoted by E number E107. It has the appearance of a yellow powder, and it is soluble in water. It is a synthetic yellow azo dye. A synthetic 'coal tar' and azo yellow dye.

Chemical Structure and Name

It appears to cause allergic and/or intolerance reactions, particularly amongst those with an aspirin intolerance and asthma sufferers.

It is one of the colours that the Hyperactive Children's Support Group recommends be eliminated from the diet of children.

Currently only the UK in the EEC uses this dye and the EEC is proposing a total ban. Its use is banned in Austria, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

Source: Wikipedia and other web sources.

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E106 - Flavin Mononucleotide

Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), or riboflavin-5′-phosphate, is a biomolecule produced from riboflavin (vitamin B2) by the enzyme riboflavin kinase and functions as prosthetic group of various oxidoreductases including NADH dehydrogenase as well as cofactor in biological blue-light photo receptors. Flavin mononucleotide is also used as an orange-red food colour additive, designated in Europe as E number E101a. E106, a very closely related food dye, is riboflavin-5′-phosphate sodium salt, which consists mainly of the monosodium salt of the 5′-monophosphate ester of riboflavin. It is rapidly turned to free riboflavin after ingestion. It is found in many foods for babies and young children as well as jams, milk products, and sweets and sugar products.

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