FDA Studying Safety of Caramel Coloring in Soda
Previous research found no identifiable health risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel colouring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no identifiable health risk.
The agency's announcement comes in response to a study by Consumer Reports that shows varying levels of 4-methylimidazole — an impurity formed in some caramel colouring at low levels during the manufacturing process — in 12 brands of soda from five manufacturers.
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Drink beer; real beer; not the artificial crap made in the laboratories of Anheuser-Busch and the like, and artificial coloring will always be the worry of someone else.