- Type
- Synthetic colour
- How serious
- Moderate severity
- Evidence
- Strong evidence
Why it is flagged
One of six colours the EU requires to carry the warning “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children”. The warning is mandated on the label itself.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of Azorubine/Carmoisine (E 122) as a food additive European Food Safety Authority, 2009
- Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives European Union (Official Journal of the European Union), 2008
- Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial The Lancet (McCann et al.), 2007
Also listed as
e122, carmoisine, ci 14720