Food Products Containing Tartrazine

To the Editor: Tartrazine, also known as FD&C yellow No. 5, is a color additive used in a myriad of foods, pharmaceuticals, beverages, and cosmetics. Adverse reactions due to ingestion of tartrazine-containing products can result in generalized urticaria, angioedema, rhinitis, and bronchial asth...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 306; no. 11; pp. 681 - 682
Main Author Tse, C S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 18.03.1982
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Azo Compounds - adverse effects
Food Additives - adverse effects
Food Hypersensitivity - etiology
Humans
Tartrazine - adverse effects
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Summary:To the Editor: Tartrazine, also known as FD&C yellow No. 5, is a color additive used in a myriad of foods, pharmaceuticals, beverages, and cosmetics. Adverse reactions due to ingestion of tartrazine-containing products can result in generalized urticaria, angioedema, rhinitis, and bronchial asthma in susceptible persons. 1 , 2 These reactions to tartrazine occur primarily in patients who are also intolerant to aspirin. About 15 per cent of aspirin-intolerant patients cross-react to tartrazine. 3 The number of persons intolerant to tartrazine in the United States has been estimated by the FDA to be approximately 50,000 to 100,000. 4 Tartrazine-intolerant patients should be advised to avoid . . . No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198203183061116