Parents may be surprised that everyday foods they feed their children—including cereals, chips, pastries, pudding mixes, and soups—contain a synthetic yellow dye. This dye can be present even if the foods aren’t bright yellow. Tartrazine, or Yellow 5, is a dye often added to make foods look more appealing.
Tartrazine has been around for a long time. Made with petroleum products, it’s also found in a number of non-food products like medications, art supplies, beauty products, and fragrances. “They also happen to be the top three dyes used in foods in the United States, accounting for over 90 percent of dyes certified for use in food,” Lisa Lefferts, environmental health consultant, told The Epoch Times in an email.
“This kind of ‘dose-response’ relationship is considered strong evidence of a true effect, as opposed to a random/spurious finding. Most of the clinical trials of dyes only tested one dose, and we now know that many of those used doses that were rather low compared to what some children consume,” Lefferts said. “So while I’d like to see all synthetic food dyes banned, the case for banning Yellow 5 is particularly strong.
” In his video, Kennedy doesn’t explicitly state that he or Trump would ban tartrazine. Kennedy noted that while he was highlighting tartrazine, he could easily have made the video about Red 40, potassium bromide, or as many as 100 chemical food additives. He did not respond to an interview request from The Epoch Times.
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