18 Responses to “Dangerous Food Additives to avoid”

1. ben Says:
   July 3rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm

   thank you very much for this list of food additives. some of the food containing artificial preservatives or colors we eat is just so bad. we printed the file out and it is stickytaped in our cupboard now ….. and we watch it!

2. Matthews Says:
   July 17th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

   Great list thanks so much! I just printed it and am sticking it somewhere handy on a wall.

   Could you add the 330 additive? Somebody in the shop told me it’s dangerous but I know for sure it is ok additive.

3. Jill Says:
   July 19th, 2008 at 2:14 am

   matthews, agreed 330 is all right. it’s been added on the page now . i guess it wasn’t included in this table as it contains only food additives that are bad. the citric acid is not among those . Thanks for the comprehensive code breaker list !

4. Rado Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 8:08 pm

   @Ben, @Matthews, @Jill,
   Thank you for visiting and for posting your comments. Hope to see you some more!

5. mum Says:
   July 27th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

   Your site- http://www.traditionaloven.com is excellent site, respect.

6. Enhancers Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

   Hey! Thanks for the info. I was actually looking for something like this to sharpen my dieting skills. This will really help to rid some of the harmful things I eat.

7. Justin Says:
   September 8th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

   From the latest study in London involving 300 children, they have not performed well at school for the year when the research took place.

   Top 6 very common food additives making your kids hyperactive during school hours and elsewhere. All these listed are being added into products as chemical food colouring and the chemicals can be found in soft drinks, breakfast meals, sweets and many other foods not only for children. All of these colours are also linked to cancer or asthma.

   code - name:

   102 - Tartrazine
   104 - Quinoline Yellow
   110 - Sunset Yellow
   122 - Azorubine
   124 - Brilliant Scarlet, Ponceau
   129 - Allura Red

8. Doug Garoutte Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

   Can you cross reference these numbers to names used here in the US? here they are called Yellow Lake # 6, Red #4, etc. These dye numbers are not listed as ingredients. I do know tartrazine is Yellow #5, …

9. Rado Says:
   September 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

   Hi Doug, thanks.

   Is this only for food colors (colours in Au.) or do the US particular #’s apply to all kinds of food additives, …. preservatives, flavour enhancers, etc.?

   Yes of course I can organize creating of a new table with all the needed cross references and post it in here.

10. Gary Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    I read an article, written by the noble anti-cancer crusaders Cancer Research, that essentially stated that aspartame was safe to consume, Aspartame 951 artificial sweetener. I was really shocked. It just seems that mainstream groups, as they become more mainstream appear to become more compromised. In today’s climate it’s almost as if being concerned about the dangers of the manipulation of food, such as adding sweeteners or GM foods etc. makes one a fanatic that shouldn’t be taken seriously.
    When reputable organisations come out on the side of the food industry who are clearly unconcerned about the health of the people who consume their products, it really does make one realise that this is a very serious. Many appear to be bent on stopping at nothing in order to increase their profits. Where will all this end? I am worried.
    It is sad to observe that those whose stated objective is to rid us of this awful disease could possibly ignore research that concludes that certain ‘foods’ can cause cancer, & on top of that write an article that condones the use of such possibly dangerous substances. One would expect them to err on the side of caution at the very least & to urge the public to do the same. Is that really too much to expect?
    Good luck to those of you who are willing to state the facts & help us to make informed decisions regarding our diet.

11. Chris Says:
    September 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    Thanks for an interesting website. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the internet trying to decipher all the ‘numbers’ and yours is most informative. The chemical companies risk losing millions (if not billions) of dollars if anyone really proves how dangerous these food ‘numbers’ are. Hence there is a lot of misdirection and false information mainly influenced by these clongomerates protecting their $. That’s why they don’t use the same name for the chemical additive or number all over the world to make our life more difficult in trying to work out what we should and should not eat.

12. four poster bed Says:
    December 10th, 2008 at 1:05 am

    The article is very informative for food additives which might lead to serious health disorders. It is better said that the prevention is better than cures. This is the lesson which I come to know by the post.

13. Sherry Says:
    December 30th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    It should be noted the 123 & E123 (Amaranth - red food color #2), when listed just as amaranth, can also refer to a wholesome plant used as a leaf vegetable, cereal, or ornamental and whose seeds can be ground into flour.

14. Convert to units Says:
    January 1st, 2009 at 1:02 am

    The list of all the dangerous food additives, preservatives and artificial food colors is great, as is the printing version!

    Convert’s last blog post: Weight and Mass units converter

15. pays to live green Says:
    January 1st, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Great list of dangerous food additives. It is scary that such a long list could be compiled and that they are often in foods that we eat.

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