Sentences with phrase «artificial food dyes such»

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What results is an edible, vibrant, colorful concentrate that can be used as an ideal clean - label, natural replacement for artificial and formulated food dyes with undesirable labelling requirements such as E-numbers and FD&C ingredients.

Such petitions can take years to decide, so the group asked the FDA to require foods containing artificial dyes to sport warning labels as an interim measure.

But in 2011 an advisory panel for the FDA concluded that although artificial food dyes may trigger hyperactivity in a small percentage of children with behavioral problems such as ADHD, there isn't enough evidence to claim that food dyes cause hyperactivity in the general population.

By reading the labels we begin to recognize ingredients such as TBHQ, carrageenan, BHT, BHA, hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose (synonymous for corn syrup) and artificial food dyes Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, Red 40, and Blue 1 and Blue 2.

People working in the food industry figured out that people buy more food if it looks colorful and bright, but research has since linked the use of artificial dyes with behavioral problems in children such as increased hyperactivity.

Though in 2011 the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) voted against putting warning labels on foods containing synthetic dyes in the US, some American stores such as Whole Foods do not sell products containing artificial dyes.

As Katz points out, because we can't justify profits that ultimately hurt our kids, we've created a false mythology that kid food is precisely what makes childhood special and fun, and that ingredients such as artificial food dyes and deep - fried batter are godsends for preventing child starvation in North America.