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AprilPearl · 10-26-2019, 01:33 AM

Just with respect to the Harry Hamster (which I have fed to my hamster - who is two weeks shy of 2 years and 6 months old - since I got him at 5 weeks old and also to all my past hamsters): a while back I noticed that the HH packaging said it contained artificial dyes which concerned me at the time. I emailed the manufacturers to ask what dyes they used and they told me that:

“this product contains ‘E110’ (an orange colourant) and E102/E131 (combined to produce a green colourant)”

Turns out that neither of those dyes are dangerous (it’s other artificial dyes which have been linked to cancer) so I still feed HH. Hope this helps someone

10-26-2019, 01:33 AM
AprilPearl Hamster Hugger Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: London Posts: 2,327	Re: Roborovski hamster homemade food mix Just with respect to the Harry Hamster (which I have fed to my hamster - who is two weeks shy of 2 years and 6 months old - since I got him at 5 weeks old and also to all my past hamsters): a while back I noticed that the HH packaging said it contained artificial dyes which concerned me at the time. I emailed the manufacturers to ask what dyes they used and they told me that: “this product contains ‘E110’ (an orange colourant) and E102/E131 (combined to produce a green colourant)” Turns out that neither of those dyes are dangerous (it’s other artificial dyes which have been linked to cancer) so I still feed HH. Hope this helps someone __________________ Over the Rainbow: Alfie, Kevin, Pip, Jordy, Scamp, Sooty, Mushu, Quigley Last edited by AprilPearl; 10-26-2019 at 01:41 AM.