| Additive Summary | Brown FK (E154) |
|---|---|
| Essence | Brown FK or E154 is typically a mixture of six different azo artificial dyes to help achieve the brown color. |
| Names | Kipper Brown, Food Brown 1, E154, Chocolate Brown FK, Brown FK, and others. |
| Sourcing | It’s essentially created from a mixture of m-phenylenediamine and 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine. |
| Manufacturing | The sourcing material is coupled with diazotized sulphanilic acid to create the synthetic color. |
| Application | Coloring (brown, very water-soluble). |
| Acceptable Daily Intake | It’s typically a very banned substance. But in countries that Brown FK isn’t, there is typically none set. |
| Side Effects | In terms of side effects, it’s basically the nastiest artificial color that there is. It can cause cancer, hyperactivity, asthma (and exacerbate it), mild and profoundly severe allergies, brain damage, damage thyroid gland, kidneys, liver, and even the cardiovascular system, mess with fertility and blood pressure, deliver on irritability, Obsessive-Compulsive disorder, brain damage (neurotoxin), and more. This dye has been banned in Norway, Croatia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Sweden, Romania, Latvia, Australia, Malta, Finland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, France, Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland and many others. |
| Benefits | None. |
| Studies | 45+ studies on Pubmed. Less than 5 studies on safety. |
| Allergens | None. |
| Diet Restrictions | None. |
| Health Knight Assessment | Seriously Harmful. | Category 5 Additive. |
| Products | It is used in processed foods like cooked meats, salted fish, smoked fish, dried fish, all types of potato chips, smoked ham, and others. It is also used to give fish flesh a color pigment that appears healthy and nutritious. |
