Amaranth (Amaranth, E123) - kahi kala o ka ʻulaʻula (bluish-ʻulaʻula) kala.
Weliweli loa. Hiki ke kumu: nā fetal malformations, hyperactivity, urticaria, ihu ihu.
Hōʻalo maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe aspirinin Loaʻa paha nā hopena weliweli i ka hana hoʻohua. He hopena maikaʻi ʻole ia ma ke akepaʻa a me nā puʻupaʻa. Nā kumu kīnā o ka hānau ʻana. Loaʻa iā ia ka carcinogenic (ke kumu o ka maʻi ʻaʻai) a me ka teratogenic (hiki i nā deformities congenital) nā hopena.
Hoʻokomo ʻia ia i ka papa inoa o nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai i pāpā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻoihana meaʻai o ko mākou ʻāina. Ua pāpā ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai ka manawa ʻo 1976 ma muli o ka loaʻa o ka carcinogenicity. I our country, koi ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa inoa mokuʻāina no ka mea hoʻohui meaʻai ʻo Amaranth E123.
Aia kekahi mea kanu i kapa ʻia ʻo Amaranth. ʻAʻohe o kēia mea kanu i pili me ka kala.