Are there any harmful colours that are in vogue?
There are many non-food colours that can be harmful. For example, Congo Red, Rhodamine B, Malachite Green, Orange G, Sudan III, Lead Chromate, Ultra Marine Blue, Metanil Yellow and other textile dyes are used in food preparations. As mentioned earlier, no colour other than the ones certified by BIS are permitted to be used in food preparations. How can one differentiate safe food colours from the others available in the market? Always buy only the packed permitted colours, which are certified by BIS. What are the food preparations that are vulnerable to use of non-permitted colours? There are many. Usually confectionery, sweets, ready-to-drink beverages, sounf, vegetables like carrot and green peas, cooked foods and non-vegetarian foods. What happens if food colours are used in larger proportions in foods than they are permitted? Any artificial colour, whether it is food colour or not, is synthetic. That means it is a chemical preparation. Intake of any chemical preparation in high amo
