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| Sprinkles: Leeds Get Baked bakery bins best-seller in topping row | 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 cookies | Rich Myers said he would have to stop selling his "best-selling" raspberry glazed donut cookies |
| A bakery has had to stop producing its bestselling biscuit after officials found the treats were topped 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 withdrew its raspberry glazed donut cookies, which contained a banned food colouring. | 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 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 said the imported decoration had fallen foul of UK regulations. | 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 any more. 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 any more. For a small independent business that only has a small menu, it's a problem." |
| More stories from across Yorkshire | More stories from across Yorkshire |
| 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. | 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. |
| The ingredient has been linked to problems with hyperactivity and behavioural issues in children and a US study suggested an increased risk of thyroid tumours when tested on male rats. | |
| "[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'." | "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 | 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. | 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". | 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. | "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". | 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. | "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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