Grossworld International Limited
15/17, Abimbola Street, Isolo Industrial Estate
Isolo, Lagos
Nigeria

Phone: +234 1 452 2795
Cell: 0803-3033535
Fax: +234 1 261 0069

Mr. Ted Coventry

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Peru Sales Contact

D.D. Williamson do Brasil Ltda
Ave. Buriti 5680 Distrito Industrial
69075-000-Manaus AM
Brasil
www.ddwcolour.com

Name: Alessandra Barbosa
Phone: 55 92 3301 4000

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Taha Saad Elroubi Trading Co. Ltd.
Khartoum, Sudan

Name: Mr. Taha Saad Elrobi
Phone: +249 911 283 002

T.T.S. Ltd

Name: Mr. Sandy Melville
Phone: +44 1844 204911
Mobile: +44 785 0690151
Fax: +44 1844 202599

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Universal Company
56 rue 9007
2023 Sidi Fathallah
Tunis 2023
TN

Name: Nabil Boussaida
Phone: +21 67 139 2144

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Food Specialities Limited
P.O. Box 17135
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Name: S. Balachandar
Phone: +971 4 806 9600
Phone 2: +971 4 806 9651
Cell: +971 50 501 0781

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Food Specialities Limited
P.O. Box 17135
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Name: S. Balachandar
Phone: +971 4 806 9600
Phone 2: +971 4 806 9651
Cell: +971 50 501 0781

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Chemical Resources
539 Joseph Beiruty Centre
Awkar, Antelias
Lebanon

Name: Mr. Romeo Abou Younes
Phone: +961 454 3610

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The Truth About Caramel Color

Caramel color is a commercially produced beige to dark brown color that is made using natural ingredients. The color itself results from the process of caramelization, or the carefully controlled heating of carbohydrates (nutritive sweeteners). The use of caramel coloring in food products is nothing new; in fact, it has been used for centuries!

Caramel color is naturally derived. Sugars are cooked to produce a brown color that is used in a wide variety of soft drinks, baked goods, pet foods, alcoholic beverages, sauces and other food and beverage products that have a brown hue.

The Safety of Caramel Color

Caramel color has been tested extensively in the 1970s and 1980s and was found to be safe. Caramel color does not cause cancer and has Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status with the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Caramel color has undergone complete food safety testing more than 20 times in the past 35 years, and meets rigorous food safety standards
around the world.

According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):

Industry expert Margaret Lawson, Chief Science Officer, DDW, has this to say about caramel coloring in food and beverage products: “Caramel colours are extremely safe. There’s never been any evidence to show that caramel colour causes cancer.” Citing studies including the Ontario Research Foundation’s study on Caramel Toxicity (1979 – 1981) and Bio Research Laboratories Bioassey of Caramels Consumed By Rats (1978), Lawson points out that caramel colouring for food and beverage products has gone through “extensive toxicological testing” and the colours “were proven to be extremely safe to consume.” Historically, caramel colour has been produced for years and can be found in soft drinks, pet foods, alcoholic beverages, sauces, and more. “There’s never been any issue with caramel colors,” Lawson adds.

The American Beverage Association states that:

In 2012, the Southern California Institute of Food Technologists Section (SCiftS) released the following statement in preparation for the Southern California Food Industry Conference. This includes a presentation by Jim Coughlin, Ph.D., world-renowned Sane Science Food Consultant with over 35 years of experience in food and nutritional toxicology, diet and health, risk communication and scientific regulatory affairs. In his presentation — entitled Prop 65: Foods and Dietary Supplements Under Siege! — Coughlin will be discussing scientific and regulatory issues in the food and beverage industry under California’s Proposition 65. More information is available here. Coughlin had the following to say about Prop 65:

See the following resources for more information about caramel coloring in food and beverage products.

Studies on Caramel Color Safety:
EFSA Reviews Safety of Caramel Colours

FDA Department of Health and Human Services

Ontario Research Foundation’s study on Caramel Toxicity (1979 – 1981)

Bio Research Laboratories Bioassey of Caramels Consumed By Rats (1978)

Letter to Caramel Customers

A Letter to Our Customers about California Proposition 65

DDW’s Official Statement

Additional Information:
Caramel Color is Safe & Harmless

Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)

Caramel Coloring: The Tall Tale for Today

California Proposition 65 at Twenty-five. What’s Happening to Foods, Beverages and Dietary Supplements Now?

“Prop 65: Foods and Dietary Supplements Under Siege!” from SCiftS (2012)

What is Caramel Color?

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