How safe Are The Food Colors Used In Local Markets!

[A K Rao]

In India people consume lot of local sweets which are decorated with a lot of colors. We can see many sweets in various different colors! these sweets are made and sold in bulk especially during the time of festivals! It is understood that the colors used in Cold drinks and ice creams may be approved by the Food and Drug Department as they are being manufactured by big companies which have strict quality control! But the local sweet makers use various colors whose safety is not established! Using of such colors can be very harmful as these can harm kidney and liver and some time we see many people getting sick in masses! How safe are these food colors ? Your comment please! Thanks !

 

[jany]

Companies will never admit that those food coloring are harmful to our health.
They will always tell the safety of those food coloring that they use for coloring the candies and other food stuffs.
There might be very small percentage of chemical in it,but with prolong taking those foods,the chemical will accumulate in our body and soon will give it's effect after.

 

[rodmarfc]

In India people consume lot of local sweets which are decorated with a lot of colors. We can see many sweets in various different colors! these sweets are made and sold in bulk especially during the time of festivals! It is understood that the colors used in Cold drinks and ice creams may be approved by the Food and Drug Department as they are being manufactured by big companies which have strict quality control! But the local sweet makers use various colors whose safety is not established! Using of such colors can be very harmful as these can harm kidney and liver and some time we see many people getting sick in masses! How safe are these food colors ? Your comment please! Thanks !

According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, foods such as candies, matzo balls and salad dressing all contain food coloring or food dyes. Even medications sometimes contain food coloring. Some research has found links between food coloring and your child's health and psychological behaviors.

 

[Woody_mybb_import8770]

Food colors are not good for health as their may be chemicals that are affects our body and essential organs. Sometimes our stomach comes in trouble after eating those kinds of food.

 

[supahmanross9]

Well it depends if it is natural food coloring.Natural food coloring is gaining in use and popularity due to many of the latest reports coming from the scientific community concerned with food safety.Scientists have determined a link between artificial food coloring and cancer. Other studies have linked artificial food coloring with brain tumors, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and other disruptive behavior, especially in children. It's believed that the tar and hydrocarbon derivatives as well as petrochemicals used to manufacture artificial food coloring are the culprits to these diseases and disorders.

None of these additives have any beneficial or nutritional value to the human body. The concern is so great that the FDA (Food and Drug Association) has ordered warning labels be placed on foods containing artificial dyes and coloring.

 

[inamnilawar]

i think that is very harmful to our body but they are using it and that is very popular in my village we can't do any thing people eat that that's depend upon your culture

 

[phurpa9]

I think this kind of work will never happen which make people sick but It apply only for international but in my country due to over population such kind of work can be seen. I think these foods coours are very dangerous for our health. As we see eating too much yellow colour species we can have yellowish colour in our body.