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

For Orange B, us food use status is may be safely used for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages subject to the restriction that the quantity of the color additive does not exceed 150 parts per million by weight of the finished food, verified against its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Color additive name:** Orange B _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **US FD&C designation:** Orange B _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **US food use status:** may be safely used for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages subject to the restriction that the quantity of the color additive does not exceed 150 parts per million by weight of the finished food _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Orange B may be safely used for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages subject to the restriction that the quantity of the color additive does not exceed 150 parts per million by weight of the finished food.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-74

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
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