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