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Leeds bakery bins best-seller biscuit over illegal sprinkles Sprinkles: Leeds Get Baked bakery bins best-seller in topping row
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Rich Myers said he would have to stop selling his "best-selling" raspberry glazed donut cookiesRich Myers said he would have to stop selling his "best-selling" raspberry glazed donut cookies
A bakery has had to stop making one of its bestselling biscuits after being told it was topping the treats with illegal sprinkles. A bakery has had to stop producing its bestselling biscuit after officials found the treats were topped with illegal sprinkles.
Get Baked in Leeds paused production after Trading Standards said the product contained a banned additive. Get Baked in Leeds withdrew its raspberry glazed donut cookies, which contained a banned food colouring.
Owner Rich Myers branded the decision "ridiculous" and said the alternative sprinkles on the market were "rubbish". Owner Rich Myers branded the decision "ridiculous" and said alternative sprinkles on the market were "rubbish".
West Yorkshire Trading Standards confirmed it had taken action after discovering the additive was in use. West Yorkshire Trading Standards said the imported decoration had fallen foul of UK regulations.
Mr Myers said: "I know it sounds like a small thing but it is a big deal for my business - we used them a lot.Mr Myers said: "I know it sounds like a small thing but it is a big deal for my business - we used them a lot.
"Our best-selling cookie, we're not going to be able to sell them anymore. For a small independent business that only has a small menu, it's a problem.""Our best-selling cookie, we're not going to be able to sell them anymore. For a small independent business that only has a small menu, it's a problem."
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The bakery uses the decorations on a number of products Trading Standards said the E127 food colouring, also know as Erythrosine, is only approved for use in the UK and EU in cocktail cherries and candied cherries.
A spokesperson for Trading Standards said the sprinkles contained the E127 food colouring, also know as Erythrosine, which is only approved for use in the UK and EU in cocktail cherries and candied cherries. The ingredient has been linked to problems with hyperactivity in children and effects on their mood and behaviour.
"[The inspector] said they'd had reports of us using illegal sprinkles and I actually laughed by mistake, then realised he was being serious," Mr Myers said."[The inspector] said they'd had reports of us using illegal sprinkles and I actually laughed by mistake, then realised he was being serious," Mr Myers said.
"To whoever reported us to Trading Standards, all I have to say is: 'Dear Lord, what a sad little life Jane'."
He said he sourced the US-made cake toppers from a UK-based wholesaler, adding that other products on the market were not as good.He said he sourced the US-made cake toppers from a UK-based wholesaler, adding that other products on the market were not as good.
"British sprinkles are rubbish," he said."British sprinkles are rubbish," he said.
"They run and aren't bake stable. The colours aren't vibrant and they just don't look very good." "They run and aren't bake-stable. The colours aren't vibrant and they just don't look very good."
The bakery uses the decorations on a number of products
Mr Myers' plight was recognised by two former Great British Bake Off contestants, who sympathised with his desire to obtain suitable ingredients.
Edd Kimber, 2010 winner, agreed supermarket sprinkles were "not as good".
"It is what he's designing his product around, so I feel his pain," he added.
Fellow contestant Hermine Dossou, who was a semi-finalist in the 2020 show, called on sprinkle makers in the UK to "step up their game".
"I get where Trading Standards is coming from, but it comes back to the everything in moderation argument," she said.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Trading Standards said: "We can confirm that we have advised the business concerned the use of E127 is not permitted in this type of confectionery item.A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Trading Standards said: "We can confirm that we have advised the business concerned the use of E127 is not permitted in this type of confectionery item.
"We stand by this advice and would urge all food business operators, when seeking to use imported foods containing additives, to check that they are permitted for use in the UK.""We stand by this advice and would urge all food business operators, when seeking to use imported foods containing additives, to check that they are permitted for use in the UK."
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