• Question: Are food colourings safe to eat

    Asked by Em12 to Ciara, Elaine, Golnaz, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 10 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      Yes, they are safe to eat. All ingredients that are in the foods are safe to eat. The things with colourings and other substances like additives is that we shouldn’t eat a lot of them because they are safe if we consume just a bit.

    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      Yes of course a lot of testing goes into making sure the ingredients in our foods are safe.. but as Gonzalo said it is best not to eat foods with colourings too much.. in general these foods also contain a lot of other additives and sugar which we also should not be having too much of!

    • Photo: Ioannis Zabetakis

      Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      I’ll tell you a story: if you drink squash at the house, have a look at the label, you can read about the flavourings and the artificial sweetenets you have there…
      Each of these chemicals is safe to eat on its own but NOBODY has studied if eating two of these chemicals together is safe or toxic…Imagine now how many different chemicals (preservatives, sweeteners, flavourings etc) we eat every day. All these end up in our body…nobody knows if they react together or if they cause any synergistic effect. Synergy is when the end result is greater of the sums.
      now look at this picture

      two chemicals can have this synergistic toxicity…

      conclusion: the less chemicals we eat, the better!

    • Photo: Golnaz Ezzati

      Golnaz Ezzati answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      If they are natural, of course!
      Check the label and ingredients 😉 it tells you a lot.

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