Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.

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  • noun chemistry A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring.

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Examples

  • Known as tartrazine, or FD&C yellow no. 5, yellow dye is present in thousands of other foods and drugs and has been linked in research studies to higher rates of asthma and allergic reactions.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Known as tartrazine, or FD&C yellow no. 5, yellow dye is present in thousands of other foods and drugs and has been linked in research studies to higher rates of asthma and allergic reactions.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • The colours include the widely used yellow 5, also known as tartrazine (E102); yellow 6, or sunset yellow (E110); blue 1, (133); red 40 or allura red (E129) and red 3 (E127).

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Southampton Study was unusual in that it tested children on a combination of two ingredients: tartrazine yellow #5 and sodium benzoate.

    Laurie David: Toxins in Our Kids' Foods: Where Is the FDA? Laurie David 2011

  • The additives assessed in the study included sodium benzoate, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, tartrazine, quinoline yellow and allura red.

    duh pookie 2009

  • Despite use for over 100 years, it wasn't until 2007 that we discovered that Yellow #5 tartrazine had been reacting dangerously with a common partner preservative.

    Corey Rennell: Packaged Food Is Mystery Food, Part I: Additives Corey Rennell 2011

  • Despite use for over 100 years, it wasn't until 2007 that we discovered that Yellow #5 tartrazine had been reacting dangerously with a common partner preservative.

    Corey Rennell: Packaged Food Is Mystery Food, Part I: Additives Corey Rennell 2011

  • The Southampton Study was unusual in that it tested children on a combination of two ingredients: tartrazine yellow #5 and sodium benzoate.

    Laurie David: Toxins in Our Kids' Foods: Where Is the FDA? Laurie David 2011

  • Despite use for over 100 years, it wasn't until 2007 that we discovered that Yellow #5 tartrazine had been reacting dangerously with a common partner preservative.

    Corey Rennell: Packaged Food Is Mystery Food, Part I: Additives Corey Rennell 2011

  • The additives assessed in the study included sodium benzoate, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, tartrazine, quinoline yellow and allura red.

    duh pookie 2009

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