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There are several red food colourings:

  • Carminic Acid (E120) natural origin

  • Ponceau 4R (124) Banned in some countries

  • Allura Red, Food Colour (FD&C Red 40) (129)

  • Erythrosine

  • Lycopene natural origin (160)

  • Caretonic Acid can produce orange to red colours natural (161)

  • Beet red (162) natural

  • Anthocyanins natural origin (163)

  • The numbers in brackets appear instead of the name of the chemical on many labels.

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