Brown FK

CAS:8062-14-4
Product Description:Brown FK, also called Kipper Brown, Chocolate Brown FK, and C.I. Food Brown 1, is a brown mixture of six synthetic azo dyes, with addition of sodium chloride, and/or sodium sulfate. It is very soluble in water. Its CAS number is [8062-14-4]. When used as a food dye, its E number is E154.
It was used in smoked and cured mackerels and other fish and also in some cooked hams and other meats, and crisps. It gave a healthy colour that did not fade during cooking, nor leach.
It is one of the colourants that the Hyperactive Children's Support Group recommends be eliminated from the diet of children, especially when in combination with benzoates.[citation needed] It can provoke allergic reactions in people sensitive to salicylates, and can intensify the symptoms of asthma.It is banned in the European Union (but was allowed to colour kippers to produce orange kippers), Australia,Austria, Canada, United States, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway and Russia.