Rubbing an E-number found in the orange food dye used in Doritos, the tortilla snack, can turn the skin invisible, scientists have found. A chemical called tartrazine, also known as FD&C Yellow #5 ...

In this day and age, where we’re encouraged to dish up nothing but home made organic family meals, admitting to giving your child foods containing E numbers is sure to meet with disapproval from other ...

These chemicals - or E-numbers as they are known - are added to enhance the flavour and colour of food, and to prolong its shelf life. Gordon Walker, the headmaster of a primary school in Cornwall ...

THESE additives are used to bring out the natural flavour of the food. Most flavourings are listed by their E-numbers by food manufacturers and are generally used by name rather than number ...

This is an independent body which is funded by the EU. Essentially, E number just means approved by the EU. The idea that an E number is fundamentally bad for you or toxic isn’t true.