TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimates of dietary exposure of children to artificial food colours in Kuwait
AU - Husain, A.
AU - Sawaya, W.
AU - Al-Omair, A.
AU - Al-Zenki, S.
AU - Al-Amiri, H.
AU - Ahmed, N.
AU - Al-Sinan, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The partial financial support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - To assess the intake of artificial food colour additives by 5-14-year-old children in the State of Kuwait, a 24-h dietary recall was conducted twice on 3141 male and female Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti children from 58 schools. The determination of colour additives in 344 foods items consumed was performed using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector. A comparison with the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) was undertaken to evaluate the potential risk associated with the consumption of artificial colour additives by children in Kuwait. The results indicated that out of nine permitted colours, four exceeded their ADIs by factors of 2-8: Tartrazine, sunset yellow, carmoisine and allura red. Further, follow-up studies to provide insight into potential adverse health effects associated with the high intakes of these artificial colour additives on the test population are warranted.
AB - To assess the intake of artificial food colour additives by 5-14-year-old children in the State of Kuwait, a 24-h dietary recall was conducted twice on 3141 male and female Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti children from 58 schools. The determination of colour additives in 344 foods items consumed was performed using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector. A comparison with the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) was undertaken to evaluate the potential risk associated with the consumption of artificial colour additives by children in Kuwait. The results indicated that out of nine permitted colours, four exceeded their ADIs by factors of 2-8: Tartrazine, sunset yellow, carmoisine and allura red. Further, follow-up studies to provide insight into potential adverse health effects associated with the high intakes of these artificial colour additives on the test population are warranted.
KW - Acceptable daily intakes
KW - Artificial food colours
KW - High-performance liquid chromatography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33644831688&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02652030500429125
DO - 10.1080/02652030500429125
M3 - Article
C2 - 16517526
AN - SCOPUS:33644831688
SN - 0265-203X
VL - 23
SP - 245
EP - 251
JO - Food Additives and Contaminants
JF - Food Additives and Contaminants
IS - 3
ER -