The E-numbers of ADHD-like behaviour inducing food colors and additives

Food additives' E numbers

There has been a publication about artificial colors and other food additives influencing children's behaviour (McCann, 2007), making it more ADHD-like. This is perhaps due to the chemicals' influence on brain chemistry. This claim is not new, just the methodology (double-blind, randomized). I just checked out this paper and figured out the corresponding E numbers. Unfortunately the research used "cocktails" of these additives and therefore some of these might be harmless. But nevertheless, here is the list:

  • E102 tartrazine
  • E104 quinoline yellow
  • E110 sunset yellow
  • E122 carmoisine
  • E124 ponceau 4R
  • E129 allura red AC
  • E211 sodium benzoate