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Yellow 5 Lake (Tartrazine Aluminum Lake)

Not approved

Aluminum-salt form of Yellow 5 commonly found on candy shells, gum coatings, and capsule exteriors. Same EU mandatory warning label as the parent dye, plus added aluminum.

E / INS number
E102
CAS number
12225-21-7
Class
Artificial Dye
Allowed in organic
No

Also known as

fd&c yellow #5 lakefd&c yellow 5 aluminum lakefd&c yellow 5 lakefd&c yellow no. 5 aluminum laketartrazine aluminum lakeyellow 5 aluminum lakeyellow lake 5

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)Caramel Color (generic)Citrus Red 2Green 3 (Fast Green FCF)Red 3 (Erythrosine)Red 40 (Allura Red AC)Red 40 Lake (Allura Red AC Aluminum Lake)Titanium Dioxide

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