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Several people suffer by red dye allergy. People eat snacks and food with food dyes that may cause a red dye allergy. Due to a dye phenomenon people may cause allergic reactions. Sometime food dyes also cause red dye allergy. Many snacks and food’s regular intake by children with food dyes may cause red dye allergic reactions to them.

Sometimes specific types of food dye cause red dye allergic reaction to some children; however sometime all types of food dyes may cause allergic reaction to children. So be aware of such type of snack and food with food dyes while serving these to your children, which may develop negative reactions like indigestion or eczema. Red dye allergy may cause sever reactions like anaphylactic reactions, skin rashes etc.

Ice creams, gummy bears, candies including skittles, artificial cheeses, lollipops, crackers and processed breads contain food dyes cause very severe reactions to children such asthma and anaphylactic. As a treatment part we can take precaution for children by preventing use of food dye in order to avoid red dye allergy. To find out exact cause of dye allergy is very difficult. You can read nutritional labels on the food items which may be helpful to you before taking the product.

The Truth about Red Dye Allergy

Children and adults affected by food coloring #2. Several studies result that #2 types is most common type food coloring that cause red dye allergy to children. This food coloring #2 is also known as carmine or cochineal extract. In the South America and Canary Islands found this particular cochineal bug which is to process using dried insects.

FD&C red dye #40 is other type of red dye which is used for three purposes namely cosmetics, drugs and food. Nomenclature FD&C red dye #40 is given by National Academy of Sciences but red dye #40 is name is mostly used one.

FD&C red dye #40 is a member of the Azo family of colorants. These are found in food, cosmetics and drugs. The red dye #40 commercial dyes produce different colors. Nine colors of the FD&Care approved by the FDA, some of these dyes cause red dye allergy to hypersensitive people. Today the Allura red from the Azo family is banned from Austria and Norway, Japan and Sweden.

By: Kate Savage

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