Brilliant Blue FCF

ingredient

About

Brilliant blue FCF, sold in the United States as Blue 1, is a synthetic triarylmethane dye used mainly to colour processed foods, medications, dietary supplements and cosmetics, and is also known as FD&C Blue No. 1 and acid blue 9.[1] It carries the E number E133 and colour index 42090, appears as a blue powder, dissolves in water and glycerol and absorbs most strongly at about 628 nanometres.[1] It is one of the oldest colour additives approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, permanently listed for food and ingested drugs in 1969, and is generally regarded as nontoxic.[1] It is printed as "Blue 1" on the United States label of Mountain Dew Code Red.[2]

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Also known as

  • Blue 1 en
  • E133

References

  1. Brilliant Blue FCF Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-12. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  2. USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (GDSN), fdc_id 1459977, version 2021-03-19 U.S. Department of Agriculture. registry. Published 2021-03-19. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 1459977. cc0. Upstream: GDSN.
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