“TOP TEN” ADDITIVES TO AVOID
| Colours |
1) 102 Tartrazine, FD & C Yellow, Yellow dye No.5 2) 122-124 Azorubine, amaranth, ponceau 3) 150d Sulphite ammonia caramel 4) 160b “Natural flavour’ - annato, bixin, norbixin |
| Preservatives |
5) 200-203 Sorbates 6) 210-219 Benzoates (especially 211) 7) 220-228 Sulphites 8) 280-283 Propionates |
| Flavour enhancers/sweeteners |
9) 620- 635 Glutamates MSG is 621 with common variant 627; 635 is a combination 10) 950-965 Artificial sweeteners E.g. aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, cyclamates. |