It is a spice, used to color foods:
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html?Bixa_ore.html

This site details what it is.
Thanks,
Cindy and Isabel


>From: Marla Shapiro <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Update on Jordan
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:39:26 -0400
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>what's annatto??
>
>Does anyone else have problems with annatto? I think my daughter is =
>bothered
>by it, so I try to avoid it as well.
>Thanks,
>Cindy and Isabel
>
> >From: Juliann Seebauer <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Milk/Casein/Lactose-Free List <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Subject: Re: Update on Jordan
> >Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:19:57 -0500
> >
> >What reactions does your daughter get from the pepperoni?
> >Sodium nitrite can give some people headaches.
> >My son gets wheezing from BHA and BHT (and TBHQ) preservatives.
> >The Spices could contain MSG, which also gives people headaches (and =
>more).
>
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