There are always ongoing
debates in Malaysia over issues such as this one, and clearly, the company was
uninterested in becoming subject of debate in the media or elsewhere, so they removed
the colouring agent from the product, which is problematic, as this cannot be replaced with
a colouring agent that adds a comparable colour. The company has other similar debates
with JAKIM, for example over colouring agents in other products that resulted in the
replacement of various ingredients, but this was not possible in the case of this particular
colouring agent.