Yellow yolks and marigold petals » Wolf Dreamer

Posted by zenhussy on December 3, 2003, at 13:20:10

In reply to Re: artificial colors, wax, etc in allergy pills sup, posted by Wolf Dreamer on December 3, 2003, at 13:12:06

> Just noticed someone else posted about dyes, and followed a link to various information.

> Yellow 5 lake, and yellow dye number 5, also known as tartrazine, are pure evil and will destroy us all!
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/FoodDye.html

> I kept having irritation of my eye lids, and didn't realize why. It was only when I drank a lot lemonade, which has yellow 5 lake in it. So I gave that up.

> Did you know some eggs have this hazardous dye fed to the chickens so their egg yokes have a more yellow color? I'm going to have to check what brands I buy.

Wolf Dreamer,
Yes, there are brands out there that do go the artifical route to get more vivid yolks in chicken eggs. Fortunately there are farms that still add African or Aztec Marigold (Tagetes erecta) petals to the feed to achieve the bright colour in the yolks.
zenhussy

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