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List of additives - United States

126 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 311
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 267
E500 - Sodium carbonates 210
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 208
E322 - Lecithins 202
E322i - Lecithin 202
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 186High risk of over exposure
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 183
E415 - Xanthan gum 166
E330 - Citric acid 144
E412 - Guar gum 134
E202 - Potassium sorbate 130High risk of over exposure
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 105
E341 - Calcium phosphates 94High risk of over exposure
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 92Moderate risk of over exposure
E129 - Allura red 86No or very low risk of over exposure
E281 - Sodium propionate 71
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 62
E450 - Diphosphates 61High risk of over exposure
E102 - Tartrazine 61
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 59
E340 - Potassium phosphates 59High risk of over exposure
E211 - Sodium benzoate 57High risk of over exposure
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 57
E460 - Cellulose 56
E407 - Carrageenan 54High risk of over exposure
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 53
E150c - Ammonia caramel 51Moderate risk of over exposure
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 49
E422 - Glycerol 48
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 48High risk of over exposure
E200 - Sorbic acid 45High risk of over exposure
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 43
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 41Moderate risk of over exposure
E270 - Lactic acid 39
E406 - Agar 37
E282 - Calcium propionate 34
E263 - Calcium acetate 33
E410 - Locust bean gum 33
E160a - Carotene 30
E160ai - Beta-carotene 29
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 26No or very low risk of over exposure
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 25
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 24
E401 - Sodium alginate 24
E160b - Annatto 21
E127 - Erythrosine 19
E903 - Carnauba wax 19
E552 - Calcium silicate 18
E171 - Titanium dioxide 18
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 17
E570 - Fatty acids 16
E414 - Acacia gum 16
E338 - Phosphoric acid 15High risk of over exposure
E331 - Sodium citrates 14
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 13
E420 - Sorbitol 13
E1400 - Dextrin 12
E440 - Pectins 11
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 11
E132 - Indigotine 11No or very low risk of over exposure
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 10
E955 - Sucralose 10
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 9
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 9
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 9
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 9
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 8
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 6
E355 - Adipic acid 6
E904 - Shellac 5
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 4
E296 - Malic acid 4
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 4
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 4High risk of over exposure
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 3
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 3
E1510 - Ethanol 3
E210 - Benzoic acid 3High risk of over exposure
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 3
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 3
E428 - Gelatine 3
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 3Moderate risk of over exposure
E452 - Polyphosphates 3High risk of over exposure
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 3
E501 - Potassium carbonates 2
E501i - Potassium carbonate 2
E221 - Sodium sulphite 2High risk of over exposure
E170i - Calcium carbonate 2No or very low risk of over exposure
E170 - Calcium carbonates 2
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 2
E627 - Disodium guanylate 2
E631 - Disodium inosinate 2
E461 - Methyl cellulose 2
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 2
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 2
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 2High risk of over exposure
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 2
E420i - D-sorbitol 2
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 2
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 1
E300 - Ascorbic acid 1
E445 - Glycerol esters of wood rosin 1
E250 - Sodium nitrite 1High risk of over exposure
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 1High risk of over exposure
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 1
E950 - Acesulfame k 1
E143 - Fast Green FCF 1
E960 - Steviol glycosides 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E968 - Erythritol 1
E280 - Propionic acid 1
E418 - Gellan gum 1
E470 - Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids 1
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 1
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 1
E339 - Sodium phosphates 1High risk of over exposure
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 1
E336 - Potassium tartrates 1
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 1
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 1
E500i - Sodium carbonate 1
E315 - Erythorbic acid 1No or very low risk of over exposure
E310 - Propyl gallate 1
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 1
E516 - Calcium sulphate 1