Suggest Ways To Test Allergy To Food Dyes

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2014

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Mon, 25 Aug 2014 Answered on

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Question : is there a way to do allergy testing for dyes? also can one be allergic to yellow no 5?

Answered by Dr. Sumit Bhatti (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
As below:

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query.

1. Yes, allergy to food dyes is related to Food Intolerance. There are Food Intolerance tests available (IgG based), such as Food Detective, Food Print and the Genarrayt microassay)

2. Allergy to Yellow No 5 (Tartrazine) is rare. This XXXXXXX is used in a wide variety of Food and Cosmetic products. The most effective way to combat this allergy is by avoiding the products containing this XXXXXXX

I hope that I have answered your queries. If you have any further questions, I will be available to answer them.

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar