What Is Caramel Color? How Is It Used? And Is It Good For You?

** Warning! This Video May Not Only Make You A Smarter Consumer, But Might Also Give You Some Chemistry Street Cred.**
Caramel Color is probably the most (and I'm not kidding about this) utilized food and cosmetic dye in the world. It has been with us since the 1800's and probably won't go anywhere for a while. So of course we want the down low on how its used and how it might affect us.
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[@archmdc370]

I am not sure why there is always a safety point about high-levels in one hit when there is a constant build up of consistent use over time. Especially for soda/pop addicts. Doesn't that count toward something as toxins get stored up in fat and in other organs? The ppm levels considered safe by the FDA and other organizations only seem to point to the most extreme level before toxicity becomes a concern in single use.

[@bo3abed395]

Thank you so much for the clear and neat information. Quick question, is 4-MEL formed "only" if the process of caramelization is class 3 or 4? which means Class 1 & 2 caramelization product if 4-MEL free?

[@darrensmall5132]

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[@oswaldoayala9167]

you know what I find out about the caramel color, I think this is how they used it to make 🥤sodas

[@rajrammbbs]

My dad was a chemical engineer in this particular industry.

[@hunibuni]

Nah bruh, most of the products that use "caramel color" are bastardized versions of foods that were naturally that color by virtue of their non lab created ingredients. So it stands to reason that if they have to artificially recreate a dark brown color in their product they are synthetically creating the food-like product in the first place. So there will normally be a whole concoction of questionable ingredients in a product that contains "caramel color". The other comment by archmdc makes a great point as well about how these various synthetic chemicals adding up over time. But if it's just about the Dollar, I see the allure, not the ethics though.

[@juliebentley6199]

I don't understand why they need to put any coloring in our food. Let it be its natural color.

[@milliondollarbatchmaker]

Sometimes, natural ingredients have color variation that is hard to control. Caramel color in one way to standardize things. Some customers are slowly beginning to accept small variations in product color, but its an uphill battle.

[@JessicaRose-rm6dv]

I dont eat and drink stuff with food coloring because I will get cancer