The Soil Association has teamed up with organic food manufacturer Organix in a campaign targeting additives in children's food products.
The two groups have presented the Secretary of State for Health with a report suggesting that specific combinations of additives can have a neurotoxic effect.
The research, conducted at the University of Liverpool, examined the toxic effects on nerve cells of combinations of four common food additives: E133 Brilliant Blue with E621 monosodium glutamate and E104 Quinoline Yellow with E951 Aspartame.
The mixtures of the additives in question were found to have a much more potent effect on nerve cells than each additive on its own, with the effect on cells being up to four times greater when Brilliant Blue and MSG were combined and up to seven times greater when Quinoline Yellow and Aspartame were combined.
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