Sprinklegate!

UK bakery ordered to stop using illegal US sprinkles that contain E127 food colouring

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A bakery in the United Kingdom says it will stop making its best-selling cookie after it was found to be using illegal sprinkles. The owner of Get Baked in Leeds, Rich Myers, has nothing good to say about the sprinkles available in the UK and was using imported ones from the United States. "Anyone who's into sprinkles will know what I'm on about. Sprinkles you can get in this country are totally ****. They look wank, they bake wank," Mr Myers said on Facebook. The problem is the American sprinkles contain E127, a red food colouring also known as Erythrosine or Red 3. In the UK and the European Union, the use of E127 is restricted: It is banned in edible foods, except cocktail cherries and candied cherries. Research has suggested the use of E127 in food has a negative effect on children's attention and behaviour... ...He said they would follow the rules, but no longer make their popular Raspberry Glazed Donut Cookie, which is covered in sprinkles, or put British sprinkles on any of their baked goods. "Unfortunately, I am only prepared to use them and no others," Mr Myers said. "If I can't use them, I won't use any. "I will be on sprinkle strike and won't budge for no man."

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