10 Things You Need to Know About Artificial Food Dyes

(Before It's News)

by Megan
Care2

Artificial food dyes are ubiquitous in today’s food system. Yellows No. 5 and 6 lend Kraft mac-and-cheese its golden hue, while Red No. 40 tints McDonald’s strawberry sundaes. A variety of sodas, crackers, candy, cereal, ice cream, and other processed foods sold in the U.S. also contain artificial colors.

At best, the dyes are aesthetic enhancers, lending cosmetic effects but no flavor or nutritional benefit. At worst — and as many real-food advocates claim — they are a public-health menace linked to behavioral problems and other consequences.

Here are the top 10 things you need to know about dyes, as reported by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred in “The Truth About Artificial Food Colorings” (Experience Life, June 2014):

1. In the United States, the FDA has approved nine artificial food colors, mostly derived from petroleum.
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