date:Apr 09, 2013
Researchers are calling for a review of food colors in India after finding that the majority found in popular products exceed legal limits and almost a fifth of products contain illegal colors.
Sumita Dixit et al. published a study in the Journal of Food Science where they analyzed 2,409 samples of milk-based sweets, cereal based sweets and savory products that are commonly consumed in India based on surveys.
Over half of colors exceed legal limits
83.6% of samples contained permitted colors,