Citations:yellow no. 5
- 2015 April 21, Adam Gabbatt, “Taste the rainbow forever: yellow mac & cheese is dead, but the nostalgia lives on”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Yellow 5 and yellow 6 dyes are the most egregious contents of Kraft’s mac and cheese, said by some to increase hyperactivity in children. Although allowed by the FDA, yellow 5 is banned in Norway and Austria and yellow 6 banned in Norway and Finland.
- 2016 January 15, Matthew Strauss, “What You Learn by Drinking Six Different Kinds of Mountain Dew”, in Inverse[2]:
- You’re not wrong for liking it best, but you’re definitely conscious of the fact that you’re picking it over Original Dew. It’s a delicate flavor, with a sensitive palate able to detect the hints of Yellow 5 amid the power of the Red 40 dye and just a soupcon of Nerds.
- 2016 June 24, Greg Trotter, “Food companies are phasing out artificial dyes, but not fast enough for some”, in Chicago Tribune[3]:
- Jell-O gelatin mix containing artificial dyes is added to hot water in 2010 as the first step to making Jell-O. The flavors are lime (yellow 5, blue 1), berry blue (blue 1) and strawberry (red 40). [image caption] […] Tasting the rainbow, as the Skittles slogan goes, soon will no longer involve ingesting fistfuls of Yellow 5, Blue 1 and Red 40.
- 2019 January 4, Jim Vorel, “What Disclosures (From Allergens to ABV) Should Breweries Need to Make on Beer Labels?”, in Paste[5]:
- There are also “required disclosures,” for various additives involved in food production, which include the likes of Yellow #5, sulfites or Aspartame. As Cantella points out, this seems like the area where you’d expect to find allergens as well, but that disclosure is instead made optional.
- 2019 May 14, Paul Ford, “Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry”, in Wired[6]:
- I’ve ended up the CEO of a software services company, working for various large enterprises to build their digital dreams […] . Except it’s more like being the owner of a candy factory, concerned about the rise in cost of Yellow 5 food coloring and the lack of qualified operators for the gumball-forming machine.