colour
Yellow 5 (tartrazine)
Score
22
Synthetic dye with the same EU child-attention warning as Red 40, plus documented hypersensitivity reactions.
Tartrazine triggers hives or asthma symptoms in a small share of people and is one of the six dyes covered by the EU's mandatory attention warning. Purely cosmetic.
synthetic dyechild behavioureu warning label
Also appears on labels as
fd&c yellow no 5 · tartrazine · e102
What this is based on
- RegulatorEuropean Union · 2008
- RegulatorCalifornia OEHHA · 2021