
The American National Institute of Health has announced that it would work with the food industry giants to eliminate 6 synthetic food colors from their products as quickly as possible.
To be led by the FDA, the work will target Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Blue 2, Citrus Red 2 and Orange B, which were linked In children with hyperactivity and mood disturbances, diabetes and obesity, and even cancer.
The FDA established a deadline for the end of 2026 and the agency added that it will also ask the industry to eliminate red 3 on the same date, a year earlier as A prescription placed under the Biden administration.
Under a new mandate of the White House to combat the deep causes of American obesity and the epidemic of chronic diseases, the NIH begins with synthetic food colors, which for years have been targeted by consumer security organizations and defenders as one of the simplest and simplest things that the United States could do to improve the health of the children of the country.
In Europe, natural dyes such as turmeric (yellow) spirulina (blue / green) and carotenoids (orange / red) are used to provide the color of food products. Turmeric is a real superfood, while spirulina is rich in iron and one of the most studied food chélators.
On the other hand, synthetic dyes do not add any nutritional value and are simply there to make ultra-transformed food products such as Kellogg Froot loops (which contains 4 of the 6 synthetic dyes) more visually shiny and attractive.
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The FDA said that it would be quick to allow the use of these natural dyes, including a strong blue and purple coloring of the butterfly pea flower – designed in teas based on plants in China for millennia.
Although commonly known as synthetic dyes of “foods”, these compounds are also found in certain children’s drugs, such as multi-vitamins, toothpaste and cough syrup.
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