# Brilliant Blue FCF — Food color additive cross-reference: US FD&C designation vs EU E-number, with regulatory status comparison

For Brilliant Blue FCF, eu e-number is E 133; eu food use status is Food colours with combined maximum limit; eu additive group is Group III, verified against its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Color additive name:** Brilliant Blue FCF _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EU E-number:** E 133 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EU food use status:** Food colours with combined maximum limit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EU additive group:** Group III _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Group III: Food colours with combined maximum limit E-number | Name | E 100 | Curcumin | E 102 | Tartrazine | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32012R0232> ▼M6 ————— | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32018R1472> ▼M81 | E 120 | Carminic acid, Carmine | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32011R1129> ▼M2 | E 122 | Azorubine, Carmoisine | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32012R0232> ▼M6 ————— | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32011R1129> ▼M2 | E 129 | Allura red AC | E 131 | Patent Blue V | E 132 | Indigotine, Indigo carmine | E 133 | Brilliant Blue FCF

## Source

- https://web.archive.org/web/2025/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02008R1333-20241216

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Food color additive cross-reference: US FD&C designation vs EU E-number, with regulatory status comparison](https://referencesource.org/food-color-additive-status-us-vs-eu/).