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Brown HT
Brown HT
Brown HT
What is it:
Brown HT, also known as Food Brown 3, E155, or Chocolate Brown HT, is a synthetic food colorant commonly used in the food and beverage industry to give a brown or caramel-like hue to products such as sauces, gravies, desserts, and confectionery items. It is produced for commercial use through chemical synthesis, typically starting with the reaction between a diazonium salt and an aromatic compound containing hydroxyl or amino groups.
Rating:
Brown HT is a synthetic dye that is not naturally occurring. It has been banned in the United States, Australia, and many European countries. Rat studies are mixed on the physiological affects that regular ingestion of Brown HT has on development, organ changes, cholesterol levels, vascular health, and more, with some studies suggesting no significant changes from consumption and others suggesting slight significant changes. Concerns over synthetic food dyes and their potential affect on children behavior has been researched.
Resources:
- No adverse effect of Brown HT found in rats over 2 years (animal study)
- Minor changes in fetal development, organ pigment, and kidney weight from treatment with Brown HT in rats (animal study)
- Health safety issues of synthetic food colorants (review)
- Physiological effects of Brown HT in rats (animal study)
- PubChem on Brown HT
How we rate ingredients
Health is like a bank account, certain ingredients make a deposit into your health bank, meaning they add to
your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:
Clean
It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.
Caution
It goes into one or more of the below categories
- It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
- It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)
We Avoid
It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)
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