Simultaneous Determination of Sunset Yellow FCF, Allura Red AC, Quinoline Yellow WS, and Tartrazine in Food Samples by RP-HPLC

Table 2

Determination of the synthetic dyes in food samples ().

Sample	Food dye	Proposed method		Standard method (NMKL 130, 1989)		Legal limit mg kg^−1 [31]
		Value found (mg kg^−1)	RSD %	Value found (mg kg^−1)	E%
Gummy bears	E129	38.4 ± 0.6	1.6	37.2 ± 0.6	3.3	300
Yellow chewing gum	E102	127.5 ± 1.9	1.5	—	—	300
Red chewing gum	E129	70.0 ± 0.9	1.2	—	—	300
Orange chewing gum	E110	117.2 ± 1.1	0.9	—	—	10
Ice pops	E102	13.3 ± 0.2	1.7	—	—	150
Sweets candy 1	E129	19.9 ± 0.2	1.2	—	—	300
	E102	25.8 ± 0.3	1.0			300
Sweets candy 2	E129	57.6 ± 0.3	0.6	—	—	300