Azo Dye Toxicity: Sunset Yellow Toxicity in Foods

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 32 - 38, 15.07.2025

Özmen Biberoğlu

Abstract

One of the most important synthetic azo dyes is Sunset Yellow FCF (E110), which is widely used in the food industry. Sunset Yellow continues to be investigated in terms of its adverse properties affecting human health, especially its effect on the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and cancer and other systemic adverse effects due to excessive consumption. The main purpose of this review is to critically discuss the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of Sunset Yellow and the developmental, geno-cytotoxic and immunotoxic effects associated with exceeding the ADI.

Keywords

Sunset Yellow, Geno-cytotoxicity, Developmental Toxicity, Immunotoxicity

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