Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins (E141)

Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins is the colour the food industry lists as E141. In our table it is moderate risk: it takes 15 of the 33 additive points off a product's score for a child.

In short

Moderate risk. 15 of the 33 additive points come off a product that carries it.
No child flag. Nothing below is written about children specifically, so the class is the same at every age.
2 citations from EFSA, each one below.

What Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins does to a score

A packaged food starts with 33 points for what is in its ingredient list. Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins takes 15 of the 33 additive points off a product's score. Scan the pack in Sito and the score you get is the one for your own child's age, with this additive named in the reasons. How we score has the whole method.

What the sources found

Every classification in our table comes from the citations below, and nothing else. They are quoted as the source wrote them.

EFSA 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4151
Reliable data on ADME, genotoxicity, chronic toxicity, carcinogenicity and reproductive/developmental toxicity are lacking for E141(i) and E141(ii); safety of use cannot be assessed and the existing ADI should be withdrawn.
EFSA 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4151
Specifications should be updated to identify the non-chlorophyll components of E141(i), which may represent up to 90% of the extract.

Why this class

IARC Group 2B; or an EFSA re-evaluation that flagged genotoxicity data gaps, found safety could not be assessed on the available data, or cut the ADI citing child exposure; or an EU harmonised classification of the substance as a reproductive or developmental hazard; or an EU withdrawal of one authorised food use while others remain; or an OEHHA/Proposition 65 listing; or membership of the Southampton-six colourants.

Our confidence in this row's classification is high. Medium or low does not mean the evidence is weak; it means something about the row is still being pinned down, usually a regulatory status confirmed from one source rather than two.