Is Food Coloring Bad For Your Health. Although natural food coloring is made from things like beet juice beta carotene paprika and carmine this type of dye is not always as safe as it sounds. There are ways to dye your animal that are non-toxic.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration in January 2011 to ban two types of caramel coloring that react with ammonia due to cancerous byproducts they contain known as 2-MEI and 4-MEI. These dyes have been linked to allergic reactions hyperactivity in children and even cancer. The Grocery Manufacturers Association has continually spoken out against the criticisms saying food dyes are perfectly safe saying science has found no demonstrable link between dyes and hyperactivity in children.
While the census from health organizations is that Red Dye 40 poses little health risk the dye has been implicated in allergies and worsened.
Although natural food coloring is made from things like beet juice beta carotene paprika and carmine this type of dye is not always as safe as it sounds. While the census from health organizations is that Red Dye 40 poses little health risk the dye has been implicated in allergies and worsened. These dyes have been linked to allergic reactions hyperactivity in children and even cancer. The Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration in January 2011 to ban two types of caramel coloring that react with ammonia due to cancerous byproducts they contain known as 2-MEI and 4-MEI.