Fun fact: Doritos don’t contain tartrazine in Europe (including the UK). It’s not banned, but food products containing it must be labelled with “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children” in the EU.

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dotancohen 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I think that E102, E104, E110, E122, E124, and E129 are in fact banned in Europe. I even bothered to remember the numbers, so I'd know what to avoid locally. Here in Israel we use the same names for these food colourings as in Europe, but they are allowed.

Notably, only one local chain sources M&Ms from Europe, so we buy from them. All other stores source M&Ms from the US and have these colours. You can see the difference in the candies.

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layer8 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, E102 (tartrazine) is not banned. It used to be banned in some countries before EU harmonization. But food producers probably avoid it due to the required labeling.

	▲	dotancohen 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I see, thanks. Looking at my Anki card, my information was from 2014.

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judge2020 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Seems E124 (ponceau 4R) is not banned? This study[0] has "a total of 227 products were labelled with ponceau 4R" although they do estimate daily intake is below safe levels.

0: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2026...