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Cottonseed Flour

Level 3ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary

Cottonseed Flour is a colorant — Cooked, partly defatted, toasted flour for pale yellow coloring

What it does

Cooked, partly defatted, toasted flour for pale yellow coloring

Where you'll see it

Gin, fertilizers, animal feed

What the research says

Known to cause allergies; used in wide variety of products without notice, may be hard to avoid.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: Permanently listed as coloring

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): It is known to cause allergies, and because it is used in a wide variety of products without notice, it may be hard to avoid