D&C Orange No. 4

CI 15510

Adds color.

In the Added colorants group

What it is

An orange dye made in a lab, from the azo family of synthetic dyes.

Gives the product an orange color.

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Adds colorOfficial EU function: Colorant

Added colorants

Some people prefer products without added color.

A group is a fact about the ingredient, not a judgement of it.

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

Allowed as a colorant in EU cosmetics within limits (Annex IV).

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.