Number: E107
Name: Sunset Yellow
Other names: Food Yellow 3, Cl 15985
Function: Colour
Description: yellow colour
Origin: Synthetic azo dye
Application:
- in food (for example it is used in candy, desserts, snacks, sauces, and preserved fruits)
- cosmetics
- drugs
- it is often used in conjunction with E123 (amaranth), to produce a brown colouring in both chocolates and caramel
Daily intake: up to 2,5 mg/kg body weight
Side effects:
- it appears to cause allergic or intolerant reactions, particularly amongst those with an aspirin intolerance and asthma sufferers
- in combination with benzoates, it is also implicated in hyperactivity in children.
Curiosities:
- can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians
- it is one of the colours that the Hyperactive Children’s Support Group recommends be eliminated from the diet of children
- E110 is banned or restricted as a food additive in Norway, Finland and Sweden
