E123 - Amaranth
Functions: Colour
Amaranth, FD&C Red No. 2, E123, C.I. Food Red 9, Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, or C.I. 16185 is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from amaranth grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds. Amaranth is an anionic dye. It can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. As a food additive it has E number E123. Amaranth usually comes as a trisodium salt. It has the appearance of reddish-brown, dark red to purple water-soluble powder that decomposes at 120 °C without melting. Its water solution has absorption maximum at about 520 nm. Like all azo dyes, Amaranth was, during the middle of the 20th century, made from coal tar; modern synthetics are more likely to be made from petroleum byproducts.Since 1976 Amaranth has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration -FDA- as a suspected carcinogen. Its use is still legal in some countries, notably in the United Kingdom where it is most commonly used to give Glacé cherries their distinctive color. - Wikipedia
Risk of overexposure
EFSA evaluation: Scientific Opinion on the re‐evaluation of Amaranth -E 123- as a food additive (2010/07/26)
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Sex on the beach
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Choc bars - Bulla
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Raspberry premium cordial - Schweppes - 750mL
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Gelatina sabor a cereza - Ravana - 50 g
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Amaranth - Bio DM - 500g
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Mixed Berries - Tang - 20g
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Chocofi - Dan Eric's Grand Ice Cream - 1.89li
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Magic 100's & 1000's - Dollar Sweets
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100s & 1000s - Dollar Sweets
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Mais-Amaranth-Waffeln gesalzen mit Reis & Leinsamen - Bio DM - 110g
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Basis Müsli cerealien-mix - Edeka Edeka Bio - 500g
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Ilfrut sabor Manzana - 120 ml
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Joghurt-Heidelbeer-Müsli - Schogetten - 100g
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cruiser spritz - Vodka Cruiser
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rasberry - Schweppes
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Selecta Bestsellers Rocky Road - Unilever RFM - 1.3 li
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Hershey's Mini Kisses Ice Cream - Selecta - 1.3 li
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tonic vitamin
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Miettes de Thon à la Tomate - Leader Price - 160 g (104 g de poisson)
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Gelatina de Pata en Polvo - Dely - 120 g
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Rice crackers - Meijer
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Aquarius - 300 ml
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mayceys crocodiles
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Bahlsen Leibniz Butter Biscuits - Balksen - 100 g
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Drink - Nordland - 80 ml
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Rellenas sabor a frutos del bosque - Terepin - 300 g
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Helado Premium Nordland - 1000 ml
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donitas limon y sal
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Refrigerante de Guaraná Sabor Framboesa - Cini - 600 mL
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Aquarius Pomelo - 3 l
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Calippo Minis Tropical 10 Pack - Streets - 575ml 10 Pack
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Liqueur Frizz saveur fruits passion 15° - U - 70 cl
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miettes de thon - leader price - 104g
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Chicha Morada - Real - 14 g
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emeth - 420 g
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Gelatina - BC - 20 g
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gelatina sabor frutilla - dia - 50 g
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Manaos Naranja - 2,25 l
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gelatina ligt - ravana - 25g
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gelatina - exquisita - 1
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Mermelada de arandanos light Cormillot - Dulcor - 390 g
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ravana postre sabor vainilla - 120 g
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Helado sabor frutilla - exquisita - 52 g
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mousse crème sabor a chocolate nougat - exquisita - 95 g
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Gelatina sabor Frambuesa - Exquisita - 40 g
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Punch Goyavier Banane - Chatel - 70 Cl
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Bols Advocaat - 70cl
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vodka cruiser
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obleas rellenas sabor frutilla Dia
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orchard fruits
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gelatina sabor frutilla - 50 g
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Gelatina Cereza - Ser - 105 g
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Postre de Chocolate light - Exquisita - 65g
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mirinda naranja
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Gelatina Royal manjares light - 25g
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orange juice
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buddies
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choc jewels
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Gelatina sabor a cereza - Godet - 30 g
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gelatina frambuesa - Bárbara - 40 g
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Gelatina Exquisita - 40 g
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pepas sabor frutos del bosque - Vea
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Tripple Smoked Ham
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cc dry rtd
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wine gums
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Calippo raspberry pineapple - Streets
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chips
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Crispy fingers
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Flan sabor dulce de leche - ravana
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Lift
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Yogurt mora Celema - 1 L
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Escama Flan vainilla - ravana
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Yogurt completo - Pomar
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Mixed fruit candies
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70 g
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casaredo
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bion 3
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COCHINEAL POWDER H-8826 - TRICO BRAND - 500 g
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Gelatina dia%
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Brioche aux pralines pur beurre, le paquet de 400 g - Valtitude
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Whole Grain Toddler Snack, Apple Cinnamon - Sprout