Aluminium: risk score 13 points, rated medium risk.
Category: metallic color.
Used to give food a silver metallic finish.
Reported concern: neurotoxicity at high doses in animal studies.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/164

Chocolate Brown HT — synthetic azo color.
Risk score 13 points, rated medium.
Another name for Brown HT, used in chocolate products.
Reported concern: allergy and hives.
Found in: chocolate sweets, cake, biscuits.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/129

Additive check: Brilliant Black BN.
Medium risk, 13 points. Category: synthetic azo color.
A black azo dye. The EU requires a warning label.
Concern raised: a link to hyperactivity in children, reported in the McCann study.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/128

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Brown HT is rated medium risk at 13 points.
It is used as a synthetic azo color.
A brown azo dye used in only a few countries.
Reported concern: allergy and hives.
Common in: chocolate cake, biscuits, chocolate flavored products.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/127

Azorubine, Carmoisine: risk score 13 points, rated medium risk.
Category: synthetic azo color.
A red azo dye that carries a warning label where it is used.
Reported concern: reports of hyperactivity in children.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/123

Allura Red AC, Red No.40 — synthetic azo color.
Risk score 13 points, rated medium.
An azo dye studied for its effect on children.
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https://tenka.honmonojp.com/en/additive/112