E160c — Paprika extract
E160c (Paprika extract), a color, is rated "safe": no significant concern. The red-orange color from paprika peppers. Used to color sausages, sauces, snacks, and dairy. Essentially the same molecules you eat in any pepper-based food.
What is Paprika extract?
The red-orange color extracted from sweet red paprika peppers. Used in sausages, sauces, snacks, cheese, and chip seasonings.
What does it do to the body?
Same molecules as the pigments in any red bell pepper. Pepper allergy is rare but possible; otherwise no safety issues at food levels.
What regulators say
EFSA confirmed safety in 2015 with no specific acceptable daily intake. The FDA approves it without restriction.
Risk rating: Safe
Cleared by EFSA with no significant concern at typical dietary exposure. Common, well-studied, and not a reason to put a product back on the shelf.