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Red food color
McCormickFood Additives · 0052100070919

Red food color

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 22 Jul 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water56.8%No flag›
  • Propylene glycol · E49021.6%No flag
  • Fd10.8%No flag
  • C red 405.4%No flag
  • E1295.4%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Fd2.7%No flag
  • C red 31.4%No flag
  • E1271.4%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

  • Propylparaben · E2161.3%No flag
  • E216<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative1.2%No flag
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water, propylene glycol, fd,c red 40(e129), fd,c red 3(e127), 0,1% propylparaben (e216) (preservative)

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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