Usage pattern of synthetic food colours in different states of India and exposure assessment through commodities preferentially consumed by children

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 996-1005

  Dixit, Sumita ^a   Purshottam, S K ^a   Khanna, S K ^a   Das, Mukul ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bakery products; Beverages; Chromatographic analysis; Colours; Confectionary; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

BAKERIES; BAKERY PRODUCTS; BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

AGE GROUPS; CONFECTIONARY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD COMMODITY; NATIONAL LEVEL; PERCENTILE LEVELS; SUNSET YELLOWS; USAGE PATTERNS;

COLOR;

ERYTHROSINE; SUGAR; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CONSUMER; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD COLOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79960941195     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2011.580011     Document Type: Review

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