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Indigo Carmine(E132)

Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary

Indigo Carmine is a colorant — Synthetic blue food coloring

Also: Indigotine, FD and C Blue No. 2

What it does

Synthetic blue food coloring

Where you'll see it

Various foods

Regulatory status

  • EU: approved

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): See FD and C Blue No. 2