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List of additives - United States

283 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E407 - Carrageenan 17450High risk of over exposure
E412 - Guar gum 8206
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 7608
E322 - Lecithins 6251
E322i - Lecithin 6246
E410 - Locust bean gum 6237
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 4984
E330 - Citric acid 4981
E415 - Xanthan gum 4223
E500 - Sodium carbonates 2956
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 2916
E202 - Potassium sorbate 2809High risk of over exposure
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 2693Moderate risk of over exposure
E150c - Ammonia caramel 2219Moderate risk of over exposure
E129 - Allura red 1983No or very low risk of over exposure
E160b - Annatto 1894
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 1673Moderate risk of over exposure
E340 - Potassium phosphates 1547High risk of over exposure
E331 - Sodium citrates 1510
E440 - Pectins 1495
E102 - Tartrazine 1364
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 1345
E341 - Calcium phosphates 1276High risk of over exposure
E270 - Lactic acid 1249
E450 - Diphosphates 1248High risk of over exposure
E955 - Sucralose 1155
E211 - Sodium benzoate 1147High risk of over exposure
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 1093
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 1021
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 932Moderate risk of over exposure
E422 - Glycerol 922
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 856
E460 - Cellulose 854
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 836
E414 - Acacia gum 775
E950 - Acesulfame k 735
E250 - Sodium nitrite 718High risk of over exposure
E171 - Titanium dioxide 716
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 664High risk of over exposure
E127 - Erythrosine 632
E452 - Polyphosphates 598High risk of over exposure
E428 - Gelatine 593
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 573No or very low risk of over exposure
E296 - Malic acid 557
E262 - Sodium acetates 533
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 519
E160a - Carotene 514
E200 - Sorbic acid 510High risk of over exposure
E160ai - Beta-carotene 507
E420 - Sorbitol 461
E401 - Sodium alginate 435
E1400 - Dextrin 383
E338 - Phosphoric acid 363High risk of over exposure
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 359No or very low risk of over exposure
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 349
E290 - Carbon dioxide 347
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 341
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 335
E516 - Calcium sulphate 329
E132 - Indigotine 323No or very low risk of over exposure
E1200 - Polydextrose 311
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 307
E281 - Sodium propionate 306
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 305High risk of over exposure
E282 - Calcium propionate 302
E406 - Agar 301
E235 - Natamycin 294
E343 - Magnesium phosphates 287High risk of over exposure
E903 - Carnauba wax 285
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 284
E326 - Potassium lactate 284
E631 - Disodium inosinate 277
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 262
E417 - Tara gum 251
E418 - Gellan gum 247
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 241High risk of over exposure
E627 - Disodium guanylate 240
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 237
E965 - Maltitol 236
E343i - Monomagnesium phosphate 227
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 223
E570 - Fatty acids 215
E260 - Acetic acid 197
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 193
E297 - Fumaric acid 189
E100 - Curcumin 185
E951 - Aspartame 179No or very low risk of over exposure
E339 - Sodium phosphates 177High risk of over exposure
E300 - Ascorbic acid 173
E160c - Paprika extract 167
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 163
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 160
E960 - Steviol glycosides 157Moderate risk of over exposure
E325 - Sodium lactate 152
E170i - Calcium carbonate 150No or very low risk of over exposure
E170 - Calcium carbonates 150
E461 - Methyl cellulose 149
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 137
E942 - Nitrous oxide 132
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 124
E965ii - Maltitol syrup 119
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 108High risk of over exposure
E413 - Tragacanth 106
E1510 - Ethanol 102
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 102
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 101
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 99
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 95
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 93
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 93
E327 - Calcium lactate 90
E968 - Erythritol 88
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 87
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 84
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 83
E336 - Potassium tartrates 81
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 80
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 80
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 79
E332 - Potassium citrates 79
E332ii - Tripotassium citrate 78
E1103 - Invertase 74
E150 - Caramel 72
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 70
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 68
E355 - Adipic acid 67
Potassium iodide 64
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 60High risk of over exposure
E343ii - Dimagnesium phosphate 60
E120 - Cochineal 59
E14XX - Modified Starch 58
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 56
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 54
E340iii - Tripotassium phosphate 53
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 48High risk of over exposure
E436 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate 47Moderate risk of over exposure
E501 - Potassium carbonates 46
E262i - Sodium acetate 45
E500i - Sodium carbonate 45
E927 - Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide 44
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 43
E927a - Azodicarbonamide 42
E315 - Erythorbic acid 40No or very low risk of over exposure
E261 - Potassium acetate 39
E501i - Potassium carbonate 39
E425 - Konjac 38
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 37
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 36High risk of over exposure
E263 - Calcium acetate 35
E930 - Calcium peroxide 33
E1104 - Lipase 32
E904 - Shellac 31
E905 - Synthetic wax 30
E251 - Sodium nitrate 30High risk of over exposure
E920 - L-cysteine 29
E966 - Lactitol 28
E340i - Monopotassium phosphate 27
E552 - Calcium silicate 27
E967 - Xylitol 27
E905a - Mineral oil 26
E928 - Benzole peroxide 25
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 24
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 23
E310 - Propyl gallate 21
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 21
E161b - Lutein 21
E579 - Iron gluconate 21
E234 - Nisin 20
E101 - Riboflavin 20
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 20
E280 - Propionic acid 19
E101i - Riboflavin 19
E160d - Lycopene 19
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 18
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 18
E1105 - Lysozyme 17
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 16
E150a - Plain caramel 16No or very low risk of over exposure
E143 - Fast Green FCF 15
E404 - Calcium alginate 14
E924a - Potassium bromate 14
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 13
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 13High risk of over exposure
E451 - Triphosphates 11High risk of over exposure
E523 - Aluminium ammonium sulphate 11
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 11
E363 - Succinic acid 11
E572 - Magnesium stearate 10
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 10
E403 - Ammonium alginate 10
E482 - Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate 10High risk of over exposure
E210 - Benzoic acid 10High risk of over exposure
E953 - Isomalt 9
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 9
E425i - Konjac gum 9
Amino acids 8
E487 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate 8
E502 - Carbonates 7
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 7High risk of over exposure
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 7
E510 - Ammonium chloride 7
E511 - Magnesium chloride 7Moderate risk of over exposure
E528 - Magnesium hydroxide 7
E620 - Glutamic acid 7
E640 - Glycine and its sodium salt 7
E640i - Glycine 7
E162 - Beetroot red 6
E576 - Sodium gluconate 6
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 6
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 6
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 6
E451ii - Pentapotassium triphosphate 6
E221 - Sodium sulphite 6High risk of over exposure
E472b - Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 6
E324 - Ethoxyquin 5
E416 - Karaya-gum 5
E442 - Ammonium phosphatides 5
E421 - Mannitol 5
E925 - Chlorine 5
E420ii - Sorbitol syrup 5
E1102 - Glucose oxidase 5
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 5
E529 - Calcium oxide 5
E553 - Magnesium silicates 5
E530 - Magnesium oxide 4
E350 - Sodium malates 4
E905b - Petroleum jelly 4
E954 - Saccharin and its salts 4
E927b - Carbamide 4
E140 - Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 4
E1519 - Benzyl alcohol 4
E503i - Ammonium carbonate 3
E451i - Pentasodium triphosphate 3
E525 - Potassium hydroxide 3
E1101 - Protease 3
E551 - Silicon dioxide 3
E1442 - Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate 3
E150d - Sulphite ammonia caramel 3No or very low risk of over exposure
E585 - Ferrous lactate 3
E637 - Ethyl maltol 3
E999 - Quillaia extract 3
E917 - Potassium iodate 3
E163 - Anthocyanins 3
E212 - Potassium benzoate 3High risk of over exposure
E963 - Tagatose 3
E218 - Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 3
E463 - Hydroxypropyl cellulose 3
E140i - Chlorophylls 3
E941 - Nitrogen 2
E164 - Saffron 2
E507 - Hydrochloric acid 2Moderate risk of over exposure
E350i - Sodium malate 2
E450v - Tetrapotassium diphosphate 2
E141 - Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 1
E452ii - Potassium polyphosphate 1
E916 - Calcium iodate 1
E494 - Sorbitan monooleate 1High risk of over exposure
E514i - Sodium sulphate 1
E342 - Ammonium phosphate 1
E514 - Sodium sulphates 1
E508 - Potassium chloride 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E512 - Stannous chloride 1
E172 - Iron oxides and iron hydroxides 1
E172ii - Red iron oxide 1
E336ii - Dipotassium tartrate 1
E333 - Calcium citrates 1
E174 - Silver 1
E303 - Potassium ascorbate 1
E307c - DL-Alpha-tocopherol 1
E1204 - Pullulan 1
E509 - Calcium chloride 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E226 - Calcium sulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E445 - Glycerol esters of wood rosin 1
E555 - Potassium aluminium silicate 1
E635 - Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide 1
E636 - Maltol 1
E961 - Neotame 1
E236 - Formic acid 1
E641 - Leucine 1
E450vii - Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate 1
E141ii - Copper complexes of chlorophyllins 1
E153 - Vegetable carbon 1
E160bii - Annatto norbixin 1