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Caramel Color (generic)

Caution

Without a Class number, manufacturer-disclosed type is unknown; Class III/IV variants (most common in colas) contain 4-MeI, a California Prop 65 carcinogen.

Class: Artificial Dye
Allowed in organic: No

Other artificial dye ingredients

Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF)Blue 1 Lake (Brilliant Blue FCF Aluminum Lake)Blue 2 (Indigo Carmine)Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO)Caramel Color (Class IV)Citrus Red 2 Green 3 (Fast Green FCF)Red 3 (Erythrosine)Red 40 (Allura Red AC)Red 40 Lake (Allura Red AC Aluminum Lake)Titanium Dioxide Yellow 5 (Tartrazine)

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