Health Risks
It is one of the colourants that the Hyperactive Children's Support Group recommends be eliminated from the diet of children.
In July 2007 the EFSA established E128 is potentially carcinogenic as it forms aniline in the body when consumed.
The pressure group, The Food Commission, said there had been concerns about Red 2G going back decades and it was suspected of being a carcinogen in the 1980s.
Read more about this topic: Red 2G
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