Food Colour Additives Causing Hyperactivity Update
17 January, 2011
The Food Standards Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children.
The products will not include the following colour additives, as identified by a Southampton University study financed by the Food Standards Agency:
- sunset yellow FCF (E110)
- quinoline yellow (E104)
- carmoisine (E122)
- allura red (E129)
- tartrazine (E102)
- ponceau 4R (E124)
The Agency is publicising the product ranges to encourage the food industry to participate in the voluntary ban. The voluntary ban was originally agreed by Ministers in November 2008.
Consumers who are particularly concerned about the presence of the colours should continue to check labels, especially in the case of products with a long shelf-life where the availability of reformulated products may vary.
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