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Orange B

11/16/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Orange B — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Orange B is a food color additive and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its use, but only for hot dog and sausage casings, and only in concentrations that do not exceed 150 ppm by weight of the finished food. Chemically speaking, Orange B is the disodium salt of 1-(4-sulfophenyl)-3-ethylcarboxy-4-(4-sulfonaphthylazo)-5-hydroxypyrazole. Permanently listed as […]

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