A few weeks ago I posted aboutMini Baby Bel’s red wax wrapper和公司不能确认红色dye doesn’t leach into the cheese it contains. Here is the response I received.
Dear Miss Kaplan,
Thank you for contacting us.
Our wax is composed of fully refined paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, and a low percentage of Polyethylene. It is colored with varying pigments, depending on which flavor of our cheese it will coat: if the wax is red, it contains red dye #40; if yellow, it contains yellow dye #5.
The wax is G.R.A.S. , which means “Generally Recognized As Safe” by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it meets all of their requirements in regards to wax that covers or contacts food. (Cardboard containers of ice cream are similarly waxed on the inside.) While we do not recommend eating it, if a person or pet accidentally consumes the wax, there will be no harmful effects.
The wrapper we put outside the wax on each piece of Mini Babybel cheese is cellophane.
We hope we can continue to count you among our valued customers.
Sincerely,
Customer Service
Bel Brands USA
BTW, Red dye #40 and yellow dye #5 have beenlinked to cancer, ADHD and allergies. How about it, BabyBel? Let’s have naturally colored wax wrappers.
Mino Reitanosays
The big question is: Have they never thought about how wasteful it is to have them wrapped in this wax that´s only there to be thrown away? I know all kinds of consumer products comes wrapped in all kind of excessive things, but babybel and kinder eggs are some of the worst on that account if you look at the garbage:product factor.
JustJesseesays
Are you serious? The wax around cheese serves a specific purpose. Please use Google.
The Cheese Mastersays
Baby bell cheese wax has no specific purpose. It is purely cosmetic. Wax on aged cheese is a completely different thing.
Nopesays
There are two separate layers of wax on a Baby Bel. The hard dyed exterior wax and the food grade clear wax that touches the cheese.