Brilliant Blue FCF

Brilliant Blue FCF (also known as FD&C Blue No.1, Food Blue 2, Acid Blue 9, D&C Blue No. 4, Alzen Food Blue No. 1, Alphazurine, Atracid Blue FG, Erioglaucine, Eriosky blue, Patent Blue AR, Xylene Blue VSG, and C.I. 42090) is a colourant that may be added to foods to induce a colour change. It is denoted by E Number E133, and has the capacity for inducing an allergic reaction. It has the appearance of a reddish-blue powder. It is soluble in water; solution has maximum absorption at about 630 nm. The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the Food and Drug Administration to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics. ... A colourant is something added to something else to induce a change in colour. ... For the mathematical constant see: E (mathematical constant). ... An allergy can refer to several kinds of immune reactions including Type I hypersensitivity in which a persons body is hypersensitised and develops IgE type antibodies to typical proteins. ... A nanometre (American spelling: nanometer) is 1. ...

It is a synthetic dye derived from coal tar. It can be combined with tartrazine (E102) to produce various shades of green. It is often found in ice cream, tinned processed peas, dairy products, sweets, and drinks. It is also used in soaps, shampoos, and other hygiene and cosmetics applications. In chemistry, the phrase chemical synthesis appears to have one of two meanings. ... Coal tar is the liquid by-product of the distillation of coal to make coke. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Three tin cans of varying sizes; the one on front is opened with a pull tab. ... Binomial name Pisum sativum L. Percentages are relative to US RDI values for adults. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... Soap most commonly appears in bar form. ... Several shampoos on a shower window Shampoo (Hindi: शम्पू) is a hair care product used for the removal of oils, dirt, skin particles, environmental pollution and/or other contaminant particles that gradually build up in hair. ...

It has previously been banned in: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland but has been certified as a safe food additive in the EU and is today unbanned in most of the countries. In the United States production exceeds 1 million pounds annually, and daily consumption is around 16 mg per person. The pound is the name of a number of units of mass, all in the range of 300 to 600 grams. ...

It is one of the colourants that the Hyperactive Children's Support Group recommends to be eliminated from the diet of children. From their website: The Hyperactive Childrens Support Group is a registered charity which has been successfully helping ADHD/Hyperactive children and their families for over 25 years. ...

Its CAS number is [3844-45-9] [1] and its SMILES structure is CC[N+](CC4=CC (S(=O)([O-])=O) =CC=C4)=C(C=C3) /C=CC3=C(C2=C (S(=O)([O-])=O) C=CC=C2)/C1=C C=C(N(CC)CC5=C C=CC(S(=O)([O-]) =O)=C5)C=C1. It is usually a disodium salt. The diammonium salt has CAS number [2650-18-2] [2]. Calcium and potassium salts are also permitted. It can also appear as an aluminium lake. CAS registry numbers are unique numerical identifiers for chemical compounds, polymers, biological sequences, mixtures and alloys. ... The simplified molecular input line entry specification or SMILES is a specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. ... Lake pigments are pigments made by precipitating a dye on an inert substance, such as calcium sulphate. ...

External links

• The Chemistry of Colors
• FDA Public Health Advisory
• The hyperactive children's support group