Color Additives Certifiable For Food Use | ||
Name/Common Name | Hue | Common Food Uses |
FD&C Blue No.1 Brilliant Blue FCF |
Bright blue | Beverages, dairy products powders, jellies, confections, condiments, icings, syrups, extracts |
FD&C Blue No.2 Indigotine |
Royal Blue | Baked goods, cereals, snack foods, ice cream, confections, cherries |
FD&C Green No.3 Fast Green FCF |
Sea Green | Beverages, puddings, ice cream, sherbert, cherries, confections, baked goods, dairy products |
FD&C Red No.40 Allura Red AC |
Orange-red | Gelatins, puddings, dairy products, confections, beverages, condiments |
FD&C Red No.3 Erythrosine |
Cherry-red | Cherries in fruit cocktail and in canned fruits for salads, confections, baked goods, dairy products, snack foods |
FD&C Yellow No.5 Tartrazine |
Lemon Yellow | Custards, beverages, ice cream, confections, preserves, cereals |
FD&C Yellow No.6 Sunset Yellow |
Orange | Cereals, baked goods, snack foods, ice cream, beverages, dessert powders, confections |