Yellow No. 5 and No.7 What's in it?

Question

What is contained in the additives Yellow No. 5 and No. 7? I am told they contain animal products (chicken)?

Answer 1

Yellow no. 5 is derived from coal tar. It contains no animal products. I couldn't find any info on no 7, but I haven't seen it on any non-vegan products list, so I assume it's ok.

Answer 2

Here is an interesting page showing some of the adverse reactions of color additives including Yellow #5.

http://www.feingold.org/effects.html

http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisi...