Do Chewits have the same E numbers as Fruit Shoots?!

[GeorginaA]

Have severely restricted Fruit Shoots from our house because ds1 just goes hyper when he has them.

This afternoon he's bouncing off the walls and is behaving very OTT... trying to work out if he's just suddenly had a burst of hormonal 4 year old boyness or whether the 3 chewits he was allowed from the remnants of the party bag earlier has similar additives that have made him go crazy.

Any similar experiences?

Probably the chewitts. My sister's son had behavioural problems caused by food additives (among other things) and chewitts were one of the worse offenders.

They will do, yes, GA. I don't know why labelled, wrapped sweets have to have colours at all

Oddly I feel quite relieved - at least it can be attributed to something!

According to netmums (scroll down) chewits do have toxic colours, but I looked at the pdf file and it only shows carmoisine - E122. Hmmm.

E163 on our packet... don't know what that is though.

Bloomin' heck JanH - just looking at that list of guilty foods!

Gawd, if these affect him I'm going to have to become a veritable food nazi aren't I

He's just been laughing at his screaming brother (ds2 has teething pain today) - so uncharacteristic, he'd normally be trying to calm ds2 down.

anthocyanins .

That is a big help (not)!

Full list of E numbers with naughty ones highlighted.

Actually I wonder if they are using anthocyanins now, instead of the carmoisine (because that is purple too) - maybe chewits are basically OK now from a colour POV. Will have to check a packet next time I shop.

Yes, does look like it's a natural extract. So what's turned him loopy, ffs?!

Was he at nursery today? Might he have had something there?

Well I asked him if he had squash there... he says not, but it is a possibility... seemed okay on pick up though, was only after.... oh hang on...

anyone know the additives in a tin of macaroni cheese?