As per FSSAI, chemicals like brilliant blue, sunset yellow, and tartrazine were the primary agents that failed the safety standard of street food. If health experts are to be believed, ...

They tested positive for the presence of cancer-causing chemicals like brilliant blue, tartrazine, and sunset yellow. Regular consumption of these chemicals found in food items can significantly ...

Tartrazine yellow can be mixed with other colorful, fully synthetic food colorings like “Red Dye #40” and Blue #1, A/K/A “Brilliant Blue” (which on a side note, both are separately ...

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF): Research found that this dye may interfere with nerve cell development. Blue No. 2 (Indigo Carmine): This dye has shown evidence of brain tumor development in rats.

Tartrazine, derived from coal tar, is a commonly used colour all over the world, mainly for yellow, but can also be used with Brilliant Blue FCF (FD&C Blue 1, E133) or Green S (E142) to produce ...

A few colouring agents such as tartrazine, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, erythrosine and brilliant blue FCF were banned by the government for some food items.

Brilliant blue was mostly used in combination with Tartrazine to impart a green shade to sweets, instead of using Fast Green, says R.Subburaj, Junior Research Officer, Food Safety Department, who ...

Studies on food dyes, especially ones like Red Dye 40 (Allura Red), Yellow Dye 5 (Tartrazine), Blue Dye 1 (Brilliant Blue), and Blue Dye 2 (Indigo Carmine) suggest these potential side effects: ...