Dataset of FD&C Certified Food Dyes in Foods Commonly Consumed by Children

Arlie L Lehmkuhler; Mark D Miller; Asa Bradman; Rosemary Castorina; Mary-Ann Chen; Tonya Xie; Alyson E Mitchell

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108806

Dataset of FD&C Certified Food Dyes in Foods Commonly Consumed by Children

Data Brief. 2022 Dec 7:46:108806. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108806. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Arlie L Lehmkuhler¹, Mark D Miller², Asa Bradman³, Rosemary Castorina³, Mary-Ann Chen¹, Tonya Xie¹, Alyson E Mitchell¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California-Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
² Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA, USA.
³ Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Abstract

This is dataset describing the levels of Food, Drug, & Cosmetic (FD&C) dye in juice drinks, breakfast cereals, frozen desserts, ice cream cones, fruit flavored soft drinks, frostings & icings, fruit snacks/candy, decoration chips for baking, water enhancers, and flavored fruit drink powder. Data values are organized by absolute values, averages, SDs and % RSD. High performance liquid chromatography with a photometric diode array detector (HPLC-PDA) was used to measure dye levels and generate the data. These values can be used to calculate levels of dyes consumed within various populations, such as children, and compare them to accepted daily intake (ADIs) values established by the United States Food & Drug Administration (US FDA). The data are interpreted in "Survey of Certified Food Dye Levels in Food Samples Consumed by Children for Updated Exposure Levels" in the Journal of Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B.¹.

Keywords: Estimated dietary intake; FD&C dyes; Food samples; High performance liquid chromatography.