Notes
Key
Listed as permitted
Specific notes
Not listed as permitted
• F 1 FDA certification is required.
Data unknown or unreliable
• F 2 E.U.-wide ratification of food color Directive
for pharma products expected (listed as E129).
Allowed in existing formulations;
should be avoided in new
formulations
• F 3 E.U.-wide ratification of food color
Directive for pharma products expected
(listed as E133).
Dye only allowed;
aluminium lake not permitted
Known to be used though not
officially listed
• F 4 The scientific committee on medicinal products and medical devices
(EC DG XXIV) expressed, in
October 1998, the opinion that
there is no toxicological reason to
delist this color. It is thought that
this color will remain permanently
listed for pharmaceutical use
sometime after 2002 in the E.U.
Permitted, but use generally
discouraged
• F 5 Not used.
Quantity restriction applies
• F 7 Not more than 5mg/day.
Colorants accepted in E.U., Japan
and U.S.A.
• F 6 Coating only, not core-coloring.
• F 8 Not more than 5mg/day elemental iron.
• F 9 Specific ADI values apply, and are listed
on page 9.
• F 10 Not more than 0.1% by weight of color
(lake or dye).
General notes on countries
• Costa Rica: Maximum of 3 colorants permitted to obtain
the desired color.
• Croatia: Not yet known to have issued new regulations Utilises regulation from ex-Yugoslavia.
• Ecuador: No specific local regulations known - Follow
U.S.A.
• E.U. European Union
• Iran: ADI values are reportedly mandatory but not known
to be enforced. (F18)
• Japan: All lakes must have a pure color content greater
than 10%. (F24)
• Latvia: Has not yet issued own regulations. Permits all
colors accepted in the E.U. or U.S.A.
• F 11 Not more than 0.2% by weight of color
(lake or dye).
• F 12 Should be listed as turmeric extract.
• F 13 Must comply with medicinal carbon
JP specifications if used for manufacture in
Japan.
• F 14 Chlorophyllin copper complex only.
• F 15 Not more than six synthetic colors
may be blended. (Slovakia)
• F 16 Avoid in new formulations.
• F 17 Use generally discouraged.
• F 18 ADI values are reportedly mandatory
but not known to be enforced. (Iran)
• F 19 Permitted for external use only.
• Lithuania: Not yet known to have issued new regulations.
Utilises regulation from ex-U.S.S.R..
• F 20 Based on French regulations;
no local list known. (Vietnam)
• Slovakia: Not more than six synthetic colors may be
blended. (F15)
• F 21 Not more than 0.1% by weight.
• Slovenia: Not yet known to have issued new regulations Utilises regulation from ex-Yugoslavia.
• F 22 Not more than 5mg/kg of weight per day
(meaning is unclear).
• U.A.E. United Arab Emirates
• F 23 Future status is under debate.
• Ukraine: Not yet known to have issued new regulations Utilises regulation from ex-U.S.S.R.
• F 24 All lakes must have a pure color content
greater than 10%. (Japan)
• Vietnam: Based on French regulations; not local list known.
(F20)
• Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): Not yet known
to have issued new regulations - Utilises regulation from
ex-Yugoslavia.
NB: Newly independent states of the former Yugoslavia are
not yet known to have issued individual color regulations.
• F 25 Requires label declaration.
• F 26 Requires label declaration: Allergic reaction may occur.
• F 27 Only ß-carotene.
• F 28 Should not be made by ammonia
process.
Abbreviations
ADI
Acceptable Daily Intake. An estimate of
the amount of a substance in food or
drinking-water, expressed on a bodyweight basis, that can be ingested daily
over a lifetime without appreciable risk
(standard human = 60 kg). The ADI is
listed in units of mg per kg of body
weight.
WHO
World Health Organization
ADI/WHO
ADI recommended by WHO
D&C
Designation applied in USA to dyes
permitted for use in drugs and cosmetics
FDA
Food and Drug Administration (U.S.A.)
FD&C
Designation applied in USA to dyes
permitted for use in foods, drugs
and cosmetics
C.I.
Color Index numbers of 1971
E.U.
European Union
U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates
JP
Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Main regulatory
texts
E.U.
J.O. EEC 78/25 and 95/45
Japan
Specification and standards for food
additives VIIth edition, 1999; Japanese
Pharmacopoeia rev. 14, 2001; Japanese
Pharmaceutical Excipients 1998
U.S.A.
21 CFR parts 73-74
36 colorants
covering
80
countries
Color
Principal Name
US Name
White
Titanium Dioxide
C.I. Pigment White 6
Beige
Caramel
C.I. Natural Brown 10
Red
Acid Fuchsine B
D&C Red 33
C.I. Food Red 12
Allura Red AC
FD&C Red 40
C.I. Food Red 17
Amaranth
FD&C Red 2
C.I. Food Red 9
C.I. Name
Anthocyanins
C.I. Food Red 3
Azorubine
Beetroot Red
The Capsugel List of Colorants for oral
C.I. Food Orange 8
Canthaxanthin
drugs is a practical and reliable tool to
C.I. Natural Red 4
Cochineal Extract
help in developing colored oral forms.
Eosine YS
D&C Red 22
Erythrosine
FD&C Red 3 (As Dye Only)
Phloxine B
updated. It now comprises 36 colorants
and covers 80 countries.
Yellow
The table here lists many of the known
and the corresponding regulatory
information is contained in the tables on
D&C Red 28
Ponceau 4R
C.I. Food Red 7
Red 2G
C.I. Food Red 10
Beta-Carotene
C.I. Food Orange 5
Beta-Apo-8'-Carotenal
C.I. Food Orange 6
Curcumin
C.I. Natural Yellow 3
D&C Yellow 10
names of the various colorants available,
C.I. Food Red 14
C.I. Pigment Red 101 & 102
Iron Oxide Red
This 11 th edition has been extensively
C.I. Red 87
D&C Yellow 10
C.I. Food Yellow 13
Iron Oxide Yellow
C.I. Pigment Yellow 42 & 43
Quinoline Yellow WS
C.I. Food Yellow 13
the following pages.
Riboflavin
New to this edition are the status
Sunset Yellow FCF FD&C Yellow 6
C.I. Food Yellow 3
FD&C Yellow 5
C.I. Food Yellow 4
Tartrazine
descriptions of colorants, with a key
Green
that provides at-a-glance identification.
Chlorophylls & Chlorophyllin Cu Complex
Fast Green FCF
Blue
10 a summary list of colorants accepted
in Europe, the U.S.A. or Japan. Colorants
Black
accepted in these three regions (the
triad) are indicated by the symbol
FD&C Green 3
Brilliant Blue FCF
FD&C Blue 1
C.I. Food Blue 2
Indigo Carmine
FD&C Blue 2
C.I. Food Blue 1
Patent Blue V
C.I. Food Blue 5
Brilliant Black BN
C.I. Food Black 1
Iron Oxide Black
C.I. Pigment Black 11
Vegetable Carbon
C.I. Food Black 3
ADI
your expectations. Your feedback will
tell us if we have succeeded. We look
Acceptable Daily Intake. An estimate of the amount
of a substance in food or drinking-water, expressed
on a body-weight basis, that can be ingested daily
over a lifetime without appreciable risk (standard
human = 60kg). The ADI is listed in units of mg
per kg of body weight
WHO World Health Organization
forward to hearing from you.
L I S T
O F
C.I. Food Green 3
.
We hope that this 11th edition will exceed
8
C.I. Natural Green 3
C.I. Food Green 4
Green S
Users who are launching into more
than one major market will find on page
C.I. Natural Green 3
Chlorophylls
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
Colorants
Colorant Synonyms
Other Names
C.I. Number
E Number
77891
E171
17200
Red 10B
Acid Red 27
Carmine
Acid Red 87
Eosine A
74. 1333
74. 1340
16185
E123
915-67-3
no ADI
3567-69-9
not specified
0-0.03 mg
E161g
514-78-3
Carminic Acid
75470
E120
1390-65-4
73. 1100
Eomine Y
45380
17372-87-1
74. 1322
0-2.5 mg/Iran
0-1.25 mg/Iran
E127
16423-68-0
74. 1303
0-0.1 mg
77491
E172
1309-37-1
73. 1200
0-0.5 mg
18472-87-2
74. 1328
E124
Acid Red 1
18050
E128
Natural Yellow 26
75130/40800
E160a
7235-40-7
Natural Yellow 26
40820
E160e
1107-26-2
Indian Saffron
75300
E100i
Min. 75% mono-
47005
Acid Yellow 3
0-5 mg
45430
16255
Turmeric
0-4 mg
40850
Brilliant Scarlet 4R
0-0.75 mg/U.S.A.
0-7 mg
0-0.5 mg
E162
45410
Cochineal Red A
0-200 mg (0-150 on a solid basis)
25956-17-6
Beet Red
Acid Red 92
Acid Red 18
73. 1085
3567-66-6
E122
Specific ADI per Country
no ADI
E129
14720
ADI/WHO
73. 1575
E163
Carmoisine
Betanin
CFR Number
16035
Grape skin extract
Acid Red 14
13463-67-7
E150
Burnt Sugar
Acid Red 33
CAS Number
0-4 mg
2611-82-7
0-0.125 mg/Iran
0-0.1 mg
73. 1095
no ADI
0-5 mg
0-0.1 mg
8004-92-0
74. 1710
0-10 mg
73. 1200
0-0.5 mg
sulfonates, max.
15% disulfonates
Min. 80% disul-
Acid Yellow 3
77492
E172
51274-00-1
47005
E104
8004-72-0
0-10 mg
fonates, max. 15%
monosulfonates
Lactoflavin
Orange Yellow S
Acid Yellow 23
15985
E110
2783-94-0
74. 1706
0-2.5 mg
19140
E102
1934-21-0
74. 1705
0-7.5 mg
75810
E140
75815
E141
Lissamine Green
Food green 5
Indigotine
Acid Blue 3
Black BN
Carbon Black
Brilliant Black PN
Medicinal Vege-
0-5 mg/Turkey
no ADI
73. 1125
2353-45-9
42053
Acid Green 50
0-0.5 mg
E101i
Vitamine B2
74. 1203
0-25 mg
0-12.5 mg/Iran
no ADI
44090
E142
42090
E133
3844-45-9
74. 1101
0-12.5 mg
73015
E132
860-22-0
74. 1102
0-5 mg
42051
E131
3536-49-0
28440
E151
2519-30-4
77499
E172
1317-61-9
77266
E153
73. 1200
no ADI
0-15 mg/Peru
0-1 mg
0-5 mg/Peru
0-0.5 mg
no ADI
table Charcoal
ADI/WHO
ADI recommended by WHO
C.I.
D&C
Designation applied in USA to dyes
permitted for use in drugs and cosmetics
CAS Chemical abstract number of colorant
FDA
Food and Drug Administration (U.S.A.)
FD&C
Designation applied in USA to dyes
permitted for use in foods, drugs and cosmetics
E
Substance allowed for food in European Union
L I S T
Color Index numbers of 1971 (U.S.A.)
CFR Code of Federal Register 21
O F
Indigo Carmine can only be used if:
1. Marketed pack is sealed HDPE bottles, or glass bottles
2. Marketed pack is Alu/Alu sealed blister
3. Concentration of Indigo Carmine should not exceed 0.4 %
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
9
Colorants
Colorants that are accepted in the E.U., Japan and the U.S.A.
Color
E.U.
Names
Japan
U.S.A.
F24
White
Titanium Dioxide
+
+
+
Beige
Caramel
+
+
+
Red
Acid Fuchsine B
–
–
F2
Allura Red AC
+
P
–
Anthocyanins
+
–
–
Azorubine
+
–
–
+
–
–
+
–
+
Cochineal Extract
+
K
Eosine YS
–
–
F4
F10
+*
R
+
+
R
F10
F1
F4
Canthaxanthin
Erythrosine
Black
+
F1
D
Phloxine B
–
Ponceau 4R
+
R
–
Red 2G
–
–
–
Beta-Carotene
+
F27
F27
Curcumin
+
R
+
F10
+
+
F12
+
–
F1
D&C Yellow 10
–
–
Iron Oxide Yellow
+
+
R
Quinoline Yellow WS
+
–
–
Riboflavin
+
+
–
F10
F1
+
F8
Sunset Yellow FCF
+
Tartrazine
–
Chlorophyll & Chlorophyllin and Copper Complexes +
R
+
F10
F1
P
+
+
F14
+
F10
F1
Fast Green FCF
–
Green S
+
–
–
F3
F10
F1
F10
F1
Brilliant Blue FCF
R
+
R
Indigo Carmine
+
R
Patent Blue V
+
–
Brilliant Black BN
+
Iron Oxide Black
+
Vegetable Carbon
+
+
+
–
–
–
F8
+
R
F13
+
Colorants accepted in E.U., Japan and U.S.A.
L I S T
+
F21
* F4 + for Erythrosine in the E.U. except for the Netherlands.
10
+
F1
F8
Iron Oxide Red
Blue
+
–
Beetroot Red
Green
+
F1
F4
Amaranth
Yellow
–
F1
O F
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
–
Colorant status by country
Titanium Dioxide
Austria
Caramel
Australia
Titanium Dioxide
Argentina
Beige
Caramel
White
+
+
Lithuania
+
+
+
+
Luxembourg
+
+
+
Malaysia
+
+
F6
+
Bangladesh
+
+
Mexico
+
+
Belgium
+
+
Morocco
+
+
Bolivia
+
+
Netherlands
+
+
Brazil
+
+
New Zealand
+
+
Bulgaria
+
+
Nigeria
+
+
Canada
+
+
Norway
+
+
Chile
+
+
Pakistan
+
+
China
+
+
Peru
+
+
Columbia
+
+
Philippines
+
+
Costa Rica
+
+
Poland
+
+
+
+
+
+
Croatia
●
+
Portugal
Czech Republic
+
+
Romania
Denmark
+
+
Russia
–
+
Ecuador
+
+
Saudi Arabia
+
+
Egypt
+
+
Singapore
+
+
Estonia
+
+
Slovakia
+
+
Ethiopia
+
+
Slovenia
●
+
Finland
+
+
South Africa
+
+
France
+
+
South Korea
+
+
Germany
+
+
Spain
+
+
+
+
+
+
Ghana
+
+
Sri Lanka
Greece
+
+
Sweden
F25
Guatemala
+
+
Switzerland
+
+
Hong Kong
+
+
Syria
+
+
+
+
+
Hungary
+
+
Taiwan
Iceland
+
+
Thailand
India
+
+
Tunisia
+
+
Indonesia
+
+
Turkey
+
+
+
+
U.A.E.
+
+
+
+
U.K.
+
+
+
+
Ukraine
+
+
+
+
Uruguay
+
+
+
+
+
K
F28
Iran
Ireland
Israel
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
Japan
+
+
U.S.A.
Jordan
+
+
Venezuela
Kenya
+
+
Vietnam
Latvia
+
+
Yugoslavia
+
Lebanon
+
L I S T
O F
C O L O R A N T S
K
K
●
+
Zimbabwe
+
+
E.U.
+
+
1 1 T H
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover
+
F6
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
E D I T I O N
11
Colorant status by country
+
+
+
–
F4
+
–
+
–
+
●
–
●
+
+
+
+
–
F2
F4
+
+
Red 2 G
A
+
F2
Ponceau 4 R
+
Phloxine B
+
Iron Oxide Red
+
Erythrosine
–
Eosine YS
–
–
Cochineal Extract
●
Belgium
+
Canthaxanthin
Bangladesh
–
Beetroot Red
–
Azorubine
–
Austria
Anthocyanins
–
Australia
Amaranth
Argentina
Allura Red AC
Acid Fuchsine B
Red
–
+
+
–
+
–
A
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
●
+
–
–
+
–
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
–
●
+
–
+
–
F4
F4
+
+
+
F4
F4
+
F8
Bolivia
+
–
+
–
–
–
+
+
+
+
R
+
+
–
Brazil
–
+
–
–
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
F9
F9
F9
Bulgaria
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Canada
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
D
+
+
+
–
Chile
–
+
–
–
–
–
+
+
–
–
+
–
–
–
China
–
+
+
–
–
+
–
–
–
+
+
–
+
–
Columbia
+
+
–
–
+
●
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
Costa Rica
+
–
–
–
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
Croatia
●
–
+
●
+
●
–
–
●
+
R
●
+
●
Czech Republic
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
F2
F4
F4
F4
Denmark
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Ecuador
+
+
–
–
–
–
+
+
+
D
+
+
–
–
Egypt
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
Estonia
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Ethiopia
●
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
–
+
●
Finland
–
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
–
–
+
F2
F4
+
–
F2
F4
+
–
Germany
–
Ghana
●
Greece
–
+
+
Guatemala
+
+
–
–
Hong Kong
–
+
+
–
Hungary
–
+
+
+
Iceland
–
+
+
+
India
–
–
+
–
+
Indonesia
+
+
+
+
+
Iran
+
+
–
–
–
–
Ireland
F2
F4
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
●
+
●
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
F4
F4
France
Israel
F4
F4
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
●
+
–
+
+
+
–
+
●
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
F18
F18
+
+
–
F18
F18
P
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
–
F10
F10
F4
F4
F4
F4
F23
F18
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
+
–
+
–
F2
F4
+
–
F4
F4
–
+
–
+
P
+
F4
F4
+
F18
+
F10
Japan
–
–
P
–
–
–
–
K
–
R
+
R
R
–
Jordan
●
–
–
●
+
●
–
–
●
+
+
–
+
●
Kenya
●
–
+
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
–
+
●
Latvia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
●
Lebanon
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
12
L I S T
O F
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
Colorant status by country
Phloxine B
Ponceau 4 R
Red 2 G
Eosine YS
Iron Oxide Red
Cochineal Extract
Erythrosine
Canthaxanthin
●
+
+
+
+
●
Beetroot Red
+
+
Azorubine
–
Malaysia
+
Anthocyanins
●
Luxembourg
Amaranth
Lithuania
Allura Red AC
Acid Fuchsine B
Red
–
+
●
+
●
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
–
–
F4
F4
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
F6
+
F22
F8
Mexico
–
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
R
–
R
–
Morocco
●
–
–
●
+
●
+
+
●
–
+
–
+
●
Netherlands
–
F2
F4
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
–
+
–
New Zealand
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Nigeria
●
+
–
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
+
–
●
Norway
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Pakistan
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Peru
–
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
–
–
Philippines
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
Poland
–
–
–
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
–
+
–
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
–
+
●
F4
F4
F4
F4
Portugal
–
Romania
●
Russia
–
–
–
–
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Saudi Arabia
–
+
–
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
–
Singapore
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Slovakia
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Slovenia
●
–
+
●
+
●
–
–
●
+
R
●
+
●
South Africa
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
South Korea
–
D
Spain
–
Sri Lanka
–
Sweden
–
+
–
–
–
–
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
–
F2
F4
+
–
–
–
+
–
+
–
–
+
–
+
–
F4
F4
+
+
–
–
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
+
–
+
–
F4
F4
+
F25
F25
F25
Switzerland
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Syria
●
–
+
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
–
+
●
Taiwan
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
–
–
+
+
–
+
–
Thailand
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
F6
Tunisia
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
Turkey
–
–
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
U.A.E.
●
+
+
U.K.
–
Ukraine
Uruguay
U.S.A.
+
A
●
+
+
+
●
+
+
+
●
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
–
●
–
+
●
+
●
+
+
●
+
+
+
+
●
–
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
F1
F1
F1
F1
F8
F1
+
+
F4
F4
–
–
–
–
+
+
+
D
R
+
–
–
–
–
–
+
–
+
+
–
K
+
–
–
F19
Venezuela
+
K
F16
Vietnam
–
–
K
K
K
+
K
K
–
K
K
–
K
–
●
–
+
●
+
●
–
–
●
+
R
●
+
●
Zimbabwe
+
+
R
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
E.U.
–
F2
F4
+
+
+
+
–
+*
+
–
+
–
Yugoslavia
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
F11
+
–
F4
+
F4
* F4 + for Erythrosine in the E.U. except for the Netherlands.
L I S T
O F
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
13
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover
Colorant status by country
Bangladesh
Belgium
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
Tartrazine
–
Sunset Yellow FCF
+
Riboflavin
+
Quinoline
Yellow WS
Iron Oxide Yellow
Austria
D&C Yellow 10
Australia
Curcumin
Argentina
Beta-Carotene
Yellow
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
–
F27
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
F27
+
–
F26
F27
Bolivia
–
–
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
F27
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
P
+
F27
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
+
F27
China
Columbia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
–
+
+
Croatia
–
+
–
R
+
+
+
+
Czech Republic
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Costa Rica
Denmark
Ecuador
F27
+
F26
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
–
+
+
F27
+
+
F26
Egypt
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Estonia
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
–
Ethiopia
Finland
F27
+
–
F26
France
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
Germany
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
F26
+
F27
Ghana
+
+
+
+
+
●
+
Greece
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
Guatemala
+
–
+
+
+
–
+
+
Hong Kong
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Hungary
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
Iceland
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
K
+
+
+
+
F18
F18
F18
F18
F18
F25
India
Indonesia
F27
+
F18
Iran
+
F26
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
F27
F12
F10
F10
+
+
–
+
–
+
R
P
Jordan
●
+
+
+
+
●
+
–
Kenya
+
+
+
+
+
●
+
+
Latvia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Lebanon
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
Ireland
Israel
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
Japan
14
+
F26
+
–
F26
L I S T
O F
E D I T I O N
Colorant status by country
D&C Yellow 10
Iron Oxide Yellow
Quinoline
Yellow WS
Riboflavin
Sunset Yellow FCF
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
Tartrazine
Curcumin
Lithuania
Beta-Carotene
Yellow
+
F26
Luxembourg
+
+
–
Malaysia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
F26
F26
+
F6
F8
F27
Mexico
Morocco
+
+
–
–
R
–
–
+
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
+
F26
Netherlands
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
New Zealand
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
Nigeria
+
–
+
+
●
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
F27
Norway
Pakistan
F27
Peru
+
F27
Philippines
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Poland
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
Portugal
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Romania
+
+
+
+
+
●
+
+
Russia
–
–
–
–
+
–
–
–
Saudi Arabia
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
Singapore
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
Slovakia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Slovenia
–
+
–
R
+
+
+
+
South Africa
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
South Korea
F27
+
F26
Spain
Sri Lanka
F27
Sweden
+
F27
Switzerland
Syria
F25
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
+
+
–
+
+
K
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
F27
Taiwan
Thailand
F27
Tunisia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
U.A.E.
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
U.K.
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
Ukraine
+
+
–
+
+
●
+
+
Uruguay
+
+
–
+
–
+
+
+
F1
F8
F1
F1
F27
Venezuela
E.U.
+
–
+
R
–
–
+
K
+
+
K
–
–
+
+
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
+
+
F17
F27
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
+
F26
U.S.A.
Yugoslavia
F9
F27
Turkey
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover
F6
K
K
–
K
K
K
K
–
+
–
R
+
+
+
K
+
F11
F27
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
R
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
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O F
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
E D I T I O N
15
Colorant status by country
+
+
Austria
+
Lithuania
–
+
Luxembourg
–
–
Malaysia
Green S
+
Fast Green FCF
Green S
+
Australia
Chlorophylls,
Chlorophyllin and
Copper Complexes
Fast Green FCF
Argentina
Chlorophylls,
Chlorophyllin and
Copper Complexes
Green
●
●
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
Bangladesh
●
–
+
Mexico
+
+
–
Belgium
+
–
+
Morocco
●
●
+
Bolivia
–
+
–
Netherlands
+
–
+
Brazil
+
–
–
New Zealand
+
+
+
Bulgaria
+
–
+
Nigeria
●
●
+
Canada
+
+
–
Norway
+
–
+
Chile
+
+
–
Pakistan
+
+
China
+
–
–
Peru
–
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
F9
Columbia
–
+
–
Philippines
Costa Rica
–
+
–
Poland
+
–
+
●
●
+
Croatia
●
●
–
Portugal
Czech Republic
+
–
+
Romania
Denmark
+
–
+
Russia
–
–
–
Ecuador
+
+
–
Saudi Arabia
+
+
–
Egypt
+
+
+
Singapore
+
+
+
Estonia
+
–
+
Slovakia
+
–
–
Ethiopia
●
●
+
Slovenia
●
●
–
Finland
+
–
–
South Africa
+
–
+
France
+
–
+
South Korea
+
+
–
Germany
+
–
+
Spain
+
–
+
Ghana
●
●
+
Sri Lanka
–
+
+
Greece
+
–
+
Sweden
+
●
–
+
–
+
●
●
+
Guatemala
–
+
–
Switzerland
Hong Kong
+
–
+
Syria
Hungary
+
–
–
Taiwan
–
+
–
Iceland
+
–
+
Thailand
+
+
+
F23
India
+
+
+
Tunisia
+
–
+
Indonesia
+
+
+
Turkey
–
–
+
F18
Iran
+
+
–
U.A.E.
●
●
+
Ireland
+
–
+
U.K.
+
–
+
●
●
+
+
+
–
F14
F1
+
–
+
+
–
Israel
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
+
+
–
Ukraine
+
–
+
Uruguay
F10
Japan
+
R
–
U.S.A.
Jordan
●
●
+
Venezuela
+
Kenya
●
●
+
Vietnam
Latvia
+
+
+
Yugoslavia
+
Lebanon
16
+
L I S T
–
O F
C O L O R A N T S
+
–
K
●
●
–
Zimbabwe
+
+
+
E.U.
+
–
–
1 1 T H
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
E D I T I O N
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover
Colorant status by country
+
+
Lithuania
+
+
Luxembourg
+
–
Malaysia
F3
+
Patent Blue V
Patent Blue V
+
Indigo Carmine
Austria
+
Brilliant Blue FCF
Australia
Indigo Carmine
Argentina
Brilliant Blue FCF
Blue
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
F3
+
–
Mexico
+
+
+
Morocco
Bolivia
+
+
+
Netherlands
+
+
+
Brazil
+
+
–
New Zealand
+
+
K
Bulgaria
+
+
+
Nigeria
+
+
+
Canada
+
+
–
Norway
–
+
+
Bangladesh
Belgium
+
F3
F3
Chile
+
+
–
Pakistan
+
+
China
+
+
–
Peru
+
+
+
+
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
Columbia
+
+
+
Philippines
Costa Rica
+
+
–
Poland
Croatia
–
+
+
Portugal
Czech Republic
–
+
+
Romania
Denmark
Ecuador
F3
F3
+
F9
+
+
+
+
Russia
–
+
–
+
+
–
Saudi Arabia
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
Egypt
+
+
+
Singapore
Estonia
–
+
+
Slovakia
+
+
Slovenia
–
+
+
+
+
South Africa
+
+
+
+
Ethiopia
Finland
+
F3
+
F3
+
+
South Korea
+
+
+
Spain
+
+
+
Sri Lanka
+
+
+
Sweden
Guatemala
+
+
+
Hong Kong
+
+
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
+
F3
+
–
+
+
+
+
F3
+
–
+
+
+
Switzerland
–
+
+
+
Syria
+
+
+
F3
F3
Hungary
+
+
+
Taiwan
+
+
–
Iceland
+
+
+
Thailand
+
+
+
India
+
+
–
Tunisia
+
+
–
Indonesia
+
+
–
Turkey
–
+
+
F18
F18
+
+
+
U.A.E.
+
+
+
U.K.
Iran
Ireland
Israel
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
Japan
Jordan
F3
+
+
–
Ukraine
+
+
+
Uruguay
F10
F10
R
R
–
U.S.A.
–
+
+
Venezuela
+
F3
Kenya
+
+
+
Vietnam
Latvia
+
+
+
Yugoslavia
+
Zimbabwe
Lebanon
+
+
E.U.
L I S T
O F
C O L O R A N T S
1 1 T H
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
+
+
–
F1
F1
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover
F3
+
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
+
–
+
+
–
–
K
K
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
F3
+
E D I T I O N
17
Colorant status by country
+
+
Austria
+
Vegetable Carbon
+
Iron Oxide Black
Vegetable Carbon
+
Australia
Brilliant Black BN
Iron Oxide Black
Argentina
Brilliant Black BN
Black
●
+
+
+
+
Lithuania
+
+
Luxembourg
+
+
+
Malaysia
+
+
F6
+
Bangladesh
●
+
–
Mexico
–
K
–
Belgium
+
+
+
Morocco
●
+
+
Bolivia
+
+
–
Netherlands
+
+
+
Brazil
–
+
+
New Zealand
+
+
+
●
+
+
+
+
+
+
Bulgaria
+
+
+
Nigeria
Canada
–
+
+
Norway
Chile
–
+
–
Pakistan
China
–
+
+
Peru
+
+
+
+
–
+
+
–
+
+
–
F9
Columbia
–
+
–
Philippines
Costa Rica
–
+
–
Poland
+
+
+
●
+
+
Croatia
●
R
+
Portugal
Czech Republic
+
+
+
Romania
Denmark
+
+
+
Russia
–
–
–
Ecuador
–
+
–
Saudi Arabia
+
+
+
Egypt
+
+
+
Singapore
+
+
+
Estonia
+
+
+
Slovakia
+
+
+
●
R
+
+
+
–
Ethiopia
●
+
+
Slovenia
Finland
–
+
+
South Africa
France
+
+
+
South Korea
–
+
–
Germany
+
+
+
Spain
+
+
+
Ghana
●
+
+
Sri Lanka
–
+
–
Greece
+
+
+
Sweden
–
+
+
Guatemala
–
+
–
Switzerland
+
+
+
Hong Kong
+
+
+
Syria
●
+
+
–
+
–
–
+
+
Hungary
+
+
+
Taiwan
Iceland
+
+
+
Thailand
F25
F6
India
–
+
–
Tunisia
+
+
+
Indonesia
+
+
+
Turkey
–
+
+
F18
F18
+
+
U.A.E.
●
+
+
+
+
U.K.
+
+
+
●
+
+
+
+
+
Iran
+
Ireland
Israel
(and Palestinian
authority)
Italy
+
+
+
–
Ukraine
+
+
+
Uruguay
F21
F13
+
–
R
–
+
Venezuela
–
K
+
+
+
Vietnam
+
+
Yugoslavia
+
–
+
Jordan
●
+
Kenya
●
Latvia
+
Lebanon
18
+
L I S T
F8
U.S.A.
Japan
+
O F
C O L O R A N T S
K
K
K
●
R
+
Zimbabwe
–
+
+
E.U.
+
+
+
1 1 T H
(Serbia and
Montenegro)
E D I T I O N
See
notes
on
inside
front
cover