The FSA has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children. The manufacturers Frobishers Juices Ltd and Sandwich King have been added to the list. Their product lines are free from the six colours.
The list includes companies that have product ranges that have never contained the six colours and companies that have reformulated their product ranges to remove the colours. The colours, identified by a Southampton University study financed by the Food Standards Agency, are:
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.
Any food manufacturer, retailer or caterer wishing to notify the FSA that their brands or products are free of these colours should email the details to Benedict Duncan, at: benedict.duncan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
The list includes companies that have product ranges that have never contained the six colours and companies that have reformulated their product ranges to remove the colours. The colours, identified by a Southampton University study financed by the Food Standards Agency, are:
- sunset yellow FCF (E110)
- quinoline yellow (E104)
- carmoisine (E122)
- allura red (E129)
- tartrazine (E102)
- ponceau 4R (E124)
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.
Any food manufacturer, retailer or caterer wishing to notify the FSA that their brands or products are free of these colours should email the details to Benedict Duncan, at: benedict.duncan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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