aToxiq rating: Avoid — Flagged Avoid
Ingredient science card

Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF)

Concern
Coal-Tar Synthetic Dye / Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration
Category
Food & Beverage
CAS
3844-45-9
Also listed as
BRILLIANT BLUE, E133, FD&C BLUE NO. 1, bleu brillant, bleu brillant fcf
Impact

Neuro-Health & Life Force

Neuro-Health

Can cross the blood-brain barrier under certain digestive conditions; linked to neurotoxic cell degradation and allergic hypersensitivity.

“Life Force”

No whole-body findings recorded.

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