tartrazine
Noun
Meaning
An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
Food items reported as triggers include tartrazine (a.
In the United States, because of concerns about possible health problems related to intolerance to tartrazine, its presence must be declared on food and drug product labels.
It is typically labelled on food packages as "color", "tartrazine", or "E102".
While some studies have shown that among children (with and without ADHD) tartrazine can increase ADHD-like symptoms (see Stevens, Kuczek, Burgess, Hurt & Arnold, 2010), citation the general consensus is that it does not.