The Colours in Food Regulations 1995

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1

PERMITTED COLOURS¹

EC No	Colour	Colour index No2 or description
1 Aluminium lakes prepared from colours listed in this Schedule are also permitted.
2 Colour index numbers are taken from the third edition 1982 of the Colour Index, volumes 1 to 7, 1315. Also amendments 37 to 40(125), 41 to 44 (127–50), 45 to 48 (130), 49 to 52 (132–50), 53 to 56 (135).
3 The term caramel relates to products of a more or less intense brown colour which are intended for colouring. It does not correspond to the sugary aromatic product obtained from heating sugars and which is used for flavouring food (e.g. confectionery, pastry, alcoholic drinks).
E100 E 101	Curcumin (i) Riboflavin (ii) Riboflavin-5'-phosphate	75300
E 102	Tartrazine	19140
E 104	Quinoline Yellow	47005
E 110	Sunset Yellow FCF Orange Yellow S	15985
E 120	Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines	75470
E 122	Azorubine, Carmoisine	14720
E 123	Amaranth	16185
E 124	Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A	16255
E 127	Erythrosine	45430
E 128	Red 2G	18050
E 129	Allura Red AC	16035
E 131	Patent Blue V	42051
E 132	Indigotine, Indigo carmine	73015
E 133	Brilliant Blue FCF	42090
E 140	Chlorophylls and	75810
E 140	Chlorophyllins: (i) Chlorophylls (ii) Chlorophyllins	75815
E 141	Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins: (i) Copper complexes of chlorophylls (ii) Copper complexes of chlorophyllins	75815
E 142	Green S	44090
E 150a	Plain caramel3
E 150b	Caustic sulphite caramel
E 150c	Ammonia caramel
E 150d	Sulphite ammonia caramel
E 151	Brilliant Black BN, Black PN	28440
E 153	Vegetable carbon
E 154	Brown FK
E 155	Brown HT	20285
E 160a	Carotenes: (i) Mixed carotenes	75130
E 160a	(ii) Beta-carotene	40800
E 160b	Annatto, bixin, norbixin	75120
E 160c	Paprika extract, capsanthin, capsorubin
E 160d	Lycopene
E 160e	Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30)	40820
E 160f	Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30)	40825
E 161b	Lutein
E 161g	Canthaxanthin
E 162	Beetroot Red, betanin
E 163	Anthocyanins	Prepared by physical means from fruits and vegetables
E 170	Calcium carbonate	77220
E 171	Titanium dioxide	77891
E 172	Iron oxides and hydroxides	77491 77492 77499
E 173	Aluminium
E 174	Silver
E 175	Gold
E180	Litholrubine BK