tasty food, or healthy food?

when you walk in somewhere and smell the aroma of a cake and eyes when you looked at the cake, waww .... how beautiful the cake,. certainly without thinking you are going to buy the cake

appearance food including in terms of color, it is very influential to the appetite. Food coloring is colored object that has a chemical affinity towards food in warnainya. The purpose of giving colors  food is that food look more colorful to attract the attention of consumers. Coloring materials generally liquid and powder that dissolves in water.
There are two types of dyes commonly used in food processing, namely natural and synthetic dyes. All natural dyes can be used in food processing, but not so with synthetic dyes. Synthetic dyes commonly used in food processing commonly referred to as Food Colour.

1. Dyes Natural Foods (Food Colour)


Natural dyes are dyes derived from plants or animals that are safer for consumption. For example, carotenoids are a group of dyes which include yellow, orange, and red. Usually found in tomatoes, carrots, red pepper, and orange. While from the animals are in lobster, shrimp and shells.

2. Synthetic Dyes (Non Food Colour)




Artificial colors / dyes are synthetic are usually made ​​at the factory and comes from a chemical substance. These dyes are classified to hazardous substances when mixed into the food. Synthetic dyes can cause health problems, especially on liver function in our body. Examples of synthetic dyes used include indigoten, allura red, fast green, tartrazine.
Danger if used on food
The process of making synthetic dyes are usually  through giving sulfuric acid or nitric acid which is often contaminated by arsenic or other heavy metals that are toxic. In the manufacture of organic dyes before reaching the final product, must go through an intermediate compound which is sometimes dangerous and often fall behind in the final outcome, or to form new compounds are dangerous. For dyes that are considered safe, it was determined that arsenic should not be more than 0.00014% and lead should not be more than 0.001%, while the other heavy metals should not be there.

The solubility of synthetic dyes there are two kinds, of dyes and lakes. Dyes is water soluble and traded in the form of granules, liquids, pastes and mix colors. Used for coloring carbonated beverages, soft drinks, bread, pastries dairy products, sausage wrapper, and others. Lakes is a pigment obtained by the deposition of dyes absorption on the basis of material, commonly used in tablet coating, mix cookie dough, cake and donuts.

several types of synthetic dyes and side effects:
1. Tartrazine (E102 or Yellow 5)
Tartrazine is a yellow dye that is widely used in food and medicine. In addition to potentially improving child hyperactivity, at about 1-10 ten thousand people, tartrazine direct cause side effects such as urticaria (skin rash), rhinitis (runny nose), asthma, purpura (bruised skin) and systemic anaphylaxis (shock). This intolerance seems to be more common in people with asthma or people who are sensitive to aspirin.

2. Sunset Yellow (E110, Orange Yellow S or Yellow 6)
Sunset Yellow is a dye that can be found in foods such as orange juice, ice cream, canned fish, cheese, jellies, fizzy drinks and lots of drugs. For a small group of individuals, consumption of dye additives can cause urticaria, rhinitis, allergies, hyperactivity, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

3. Ponceau 4R (E124 or SX Purple)
Ponceau 4R is a red dye used in wide range of products, including jams, cakes, jelly and soft drinks. In addition to potentially trigger hyperactivity in children, Ponceau 4R is considered carcinogenic (cancer-causing) in several countries, including the United States, Norway, and Finland.

4. Allura Red (E129)
Allura Red is a synthetic dyes are widely used in sweets and drinks. Allura Red has been banned in many other countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Norway.
A study showed that hypersensitivity reactions occurred in 15% of people who consume Allura Red. In the study, 52 participants who had been suffering from hives or skin rash for four weeks or more were included in the diet that did not contain Allura Red and other foods that are known to cause rashes or hives. After three weeks of no symptoms, the participants again were given food containing Allura Red and monitored. From the testing, 15% back asymptomatic rash or hives.

5. Quinoline Yellow (E104)
Yellow food coloring is used in products such as ice cream and energy drinks. This substance has been banned in many countries, including Australia, America, Japan and Norway because of the perceived increased risk of hyperactivity and asthma attacks.

so... before buying food and drinks, to examine the physical condition, the content the materials used, halalness food through the label   contained in the food packaging so that the safety of food consumed is always awake.