Food Additives
Tartrazine
A synthetic lemon-yellow azo dye widely used as a food colouring in soft drinks, confectionery, desserts, sauces, and snack foods. It provides bright yellow colour and is often blended with blue dyes to create green shades.
A synthetic lemon-yellow azo dye widely used as a food colouring in soft drinks, confectionery, desserts, sauces, and snack foods. It provides bright yellow colour and is often blended with blue dyes to create green shades.
- CAS
- 1934-21-0
- EC / EINECS
- 217-699-5
- Formula
- C16H9N4Na3O9S2
- HS Code
- 320412
- Food Code
- E102
- Grades
- food grade (E102), powder, granular, lake, technical, cosmetic grade
- Synonyms
- tartrazine, E102, FD&C Yellow 5, CI 19140, Acid Yellow 23, 1934-21-0, Tartrazine
Compliance
- · REACH-aligned supply
- · CLP-labelled
- · Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009