General Chat

I'm sitting in the office and we're totally bored with a large tin of penny sweets which we have been slowly devouring since lunch time. For some reason we have started to tell silly and I mean silly jokes and laughing at the most stupid things. Is this the E's or the boredom? Linda >:))

thought youwere talking about something else linda.am a little bored as i am stuffing my face as well with tasty sweetie treats

Oops never thought E's and in E's ment E1244 or E6309 Trying to get my head round the liquorice boot laces at the moment. >:o

LOL Yep its made you guys hyper plus the colourants in them too........oh boy will you have a big come down later LOL Much happiness Debi

Linda Are you sure there is no alcohol involved - LOL! Lynne

Hic! what the coca cola bottles or the wine gums?

Did you say crazy as in loopy? That's it where's the fruit.

Mt nephew can't eat the blue smarties as he goes hyper

Oh Sheli! I thought it was just my daughter who did that!! She only has to have 2 blue smarties and she's as high as kite! McDonald's milkshakes have the same effect, (strawberry)! Steph

If my grandaughter has the red smarties she is hyper within 5 minutes, she goes absolutely crazy. Sue

i am effected by the e numbers in sweets and im not a child...lol

hiya some make my asthma worse and i love tiny tots sad or what lol

we have to ration jaffa cakes, had to as our daughter is 18 now she should have some control, did you know that they make a 3 year old so hyper there is noo cupboard too high for a 3 year old to reach. not even the top shelf. she wisely pushed the pedal bin to the cupboard climbed on the work top and got the jaffas. it was like the cookie monster gone mad. we couldnt buy them and had to watch her at parties, it was other orange stuff too like smarties and juice.

Whats in that red smartie colouring ? I had a friend who's daughter was affected by them. When my daughters were small I had a book called E is for Additives - just found it - mines a 1996 Edition - it's by a chap called Maurice Hanssen. ISBN No.0-7225-1150-7, don't know if it's still in print. It gives the E numbers, what they are, what they are used for and any adverse effects.

Have done a lot of reading ingredients on bought food lately, it's enough to put you off eating, sounds like someones chemistry box!! Once found a list of E numbers and what they were used for on a website. My g'daughter is not allowed blue smarties Val

i have a sister,and friends living in the dallas/fort worth area of the states,and just before last xmas they sent over a big box of mixed sweets,and chocs...i found them much to sickly,so i gave quite a few away to the neighbours for their kids...and the kids behaviour got reall bad,so i looked at the packs,and one particular make,that you can buy over here,had 17 different E numbers in them...want mention their name...but i wouldnt touch them with a barge poll. bryan.

Hi Linda Try plums much more satisfying and you can also have a stone spitting competition. David

Here are a few but the layout is hard to follow. Go to: http://www.distanthealer.*co.uk/enumbers.htm for a full list E-Number Name Category Comments E100 Curcumin, turmeric Colouring Orange-yellow colour, derived from turmeric E101 Riboflavin -Vitamin B2 Yellow colour A vitamin. Formerly lactoflavin E102 Tartrazine Colouring Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Orange/yellow. Banned in Austria & Norway E103 Chrysoine Resorcinol Colouring E104 Quinoline Yellow Greenish yellow colouring Potential allergic reaction. Banned in Australia, Norway & USA E107 Yellow 2G Yellow colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Australia & USA E110 Sunset Yellow FCF Yellow colour Potential strong allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Norway E120 Cochineal, Carminic acid Red colour Obtained from egg yolk and dried insects. Avoid if possible E122 Carmoisine Red colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Austria, Norway, Sweden & USA E123 Amaranth Purplish-red colour Avoid if possible. Banned in many, many countries E124 Brilliant Scarlet 4R, Ponceau 4R Red colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible E127 Erythrosine Red colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible E128 Red 2G Red colour Potential allergic reaction. Banned in many countries E129 Allura Red AC Red colour Potential skin allergic reaction. Best avoided. Banned in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland E131 Patent Blue V Blue colour Potential allergic reaction. Banned in Australia E132 Indigo Carmine Blue colour Potential strong allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Norway E133 Brilliant Blue FCF Blue colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland E140 Chlorophyll Green to olive colour At last! A naturally occurring green pigment found in leaves and stems of plants. E141 Copper complex of Chlorophyll Olive colour E142 Greens S Green colour Banned in Norway, Sweden & USA E150(A-D) Caramels Brown colour Commonly used colour and flavouring agent E151 Brilliant Black BN Black colour Potential allergic reaction. Avoid if possible. Banned in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland & USA E153 Carbon black, Vegetable carbon Black colour Natural colour from burnt plant material, or manufactured. Banned in USA E154 Brown FK Brown colour Potential allergic reaction. Banned in Australia & USA E155 Chocolate brown HT Brown colour Avoid if possible. Banned in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland & USA E160(A) Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-Carotene Yellow to red From carrots, tomatoes, apricots, oranges, and green veg. Now likely manufactured. E160(B) Annatto, bixin, norbixin Orange colour E160(C) Paprika extract; Capsanthin Colouring agent Banned in several countries E160(D) Lycopene Colouring agent Banned in Australia E160(E) Beta-apo-8'-carotenal Orange colour No adverse effects recorded E160(F) Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid Orange colour No adverse effects recorded E161 Xanthophylls Yellow to red No adverse effects recorded E161(G) Canthaxanthin Orange colour No adverse effects recorded E162 Betanin (Beetroot Red) Red/purple colour Another natural colour. No adverse effects recorded E163 Anthocyanins Violet colour Plant pigments naturally present E170 Calcium carbonate, Chalk Colouring Naturally occurring mineral E171 Titanium dioxide White colour E172 Iron oxides and hydroxides Colouring Naturally occurring minerals E173 Aluminium Colouring agent Banned in some countries E174 Silver Colouring Banned in some countries E175 Gold Colouring Banned in some countries E180 Pigment Rubine, Lithol Rubine Colouring Banned in some countries E181 Tannin, Tannic acid Colouring