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In the UK, labeling regulations allowed consumers to choose products with vegetable dyes while only banning the worst. Consumer pressure then led to many manufa
by Symbiote 2y ago
In the UK, labeling regulations allowed consumers to choose products with vegetable dyes while only banning the worst. Consumer pressure then led to many manufacturers switching to vegetable dyes to maintain sales.
American M&Ms use synthetic dyes:
> Coloring (includes Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 2 Lake, Red 40, Blue 1 Lake, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake)
UK (and probably EU) M&Ms:
> Colours (E100, Carmine, E133, E160a, E160e, E170)
Or curcumin, brilliant blue (blue 1 lake), beta-carotene (carrots), apocarotene (spinach), calcium carbonate (chalk).
The British equivalent, Smarties, goes further and uses spirulina for the blue one.