Tag: Acceptable Daily Intake

How Much Food Dyes Are in M & M’s?

How Much Food Dyes Are in M & M’s?

[ 3 ] May 8, 2011 |

What is inside the candy shell? “Dark Chocolate Inside A Colorful Candy Shell” is what you read on every M & M’s container. Very good, but many customers would like to know what is inside the candy shell too! Here is what and how the DyeDiet has discovered. The candies were separated by colors, weighted […]

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How Much Dyes Do We Eat?

How Much Dyes Do We Eat?

[ 1 ] April 8, 2011 |

FDA Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of the Food Dyes According to the CSPI, total amount of colors certified by the FDA in the Fiscal Year of 2009 was 15,016.634 pounds or 6,817.552 kg or 6,800 tons that were all eaten by the US public (see food-dyes-rainbow-of-risks). This means 6,817.552/300 millions ~ 23 g per capita. Isn’t this too much? Let us […]

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