Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Reading
Food Labelling in the UK - A supporting material page

Colours - Additive warning statement

The example below shows the ingredients listing from a bottle of a Sparkling glucose drink. The drink contain 2 colours, Sunset Yellow and Ponceau 4R, which are required by the additive legislation to have the additional warning statement '[name or E number of the colours]: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children'

The required statement can be seen at the end of the ingredients listing:

For a listing of the colours which have this additional warning statement, see 'Colours requiring additional information'.

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