Natural yellow-red dye from the annatto seed. Used in cheeses and margarines. Rare allergy risk.
Annatto (Bixin) has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 59 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Regulatory sources: EFSA
Annatto (Bixin) is also known as bixin, e160b, anato, анато, е160б — these all refer to the same ingredient.
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