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List of additives - United States

171 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 1356
E341 - Calcium phosphates 1044High risk of over exposure
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 1040
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 907
E500 - Sodium carbonates 907
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 652
E322i - Lecithin 551
E322 - Lecithins 551
E330 - Citric acid 545
E415 - Xanthan gum 543
E412 - Guar gum 501
E202 - Potassium sorbate 444High risk of over exposure
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 352
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 338
E102 - Tartrazine 315
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 308Moderate risk of over exposure
E160b - Annatto 301
E281 - Sodium propionate 301
E129 - Allura red 300No or very low risk of over exposure
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 296High risk of over exposure
E297 - Fumaric acid 285
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 279
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 276Moderate risk of over exposure
E200 - Sorbic acid 266High risk of over exposure
E282 - Calcium propionate 254
E460 - Cellulose 238
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 237
E150c - Ammonia caramel 217Moderate risk of over exposure
E127 - Erythrosine 212
E132 - Indigotine 194No or very low risk of over exposure
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 192
E903 - Carnauba wax 180
E270 - Lactic acid 176
E410 - Locust bean gum 164
E407 - Carrageenan 137High risk of over exposure
E450 - Diphosphates 132High risk of over exposure
E414 - Acacia gum 129
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 123
E211 - Sodium benzoate 118High risk of over exposure
E250 - Sodium nitrite 115High risk of over exposure
E331 - Sodium citrates 110
E171 - Titanium dioxide 102
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 99
E422 - Glycerol 97
E1400 - Dextrin 97
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 96
E339 - Sodium phosphates 96High risk of over exposure
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 91
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 90
E160ai - Beta-carotene 89
E160a - Carotene 89
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 82High risk of over exposure
E336 - Potassium tartrates 74
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 73
E516 - Calcium sulphate 67
E428 - Gelatine 60
E452 - Polyphosphates 59High risk of over exposure
E406 - Agar 57
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 57High risk of over exposure
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 54
E300 - Ascorbic acid 48
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 47No or very low risk of over exposure
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 44No or very low risk of over exposure
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 42
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 42
E420 - Sorbitol 41
E920 - L-cysteine 39
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 31
E413 - Tragacanth 30
E1510 - Ethanol 29
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 28
E262 - Sodium acetates 27
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 27
E120 - Cochineal 27
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 26High risk of over exposure
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 25
E235 - Natamycin 23
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 22
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 21
E338 - Phosphoric acid 21High risk of over exposure
E570 - Fatty acids 20
E327 - Calcium lactate 20
E401 - Sodium alginate 20
E631 - Disodium inosinate 20
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 19
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 18Moderate risk of over exposure
E627 - Disodium guanylate 17
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 16High risk of over exposure
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 16
E260 - Acetic acid 15
E170 - Calcium carbonates 14
E170i - Calcium carbonate 14No or very low risk of over exposure
E461 - Methyl cellulose 13
E325 - Sodium lactate 13
E924a - Potassium bromate 13
E440 - Pectins 13
E296 - Malic acid 12
E326 - Potassium lactate 12
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 11
E100 - Curcumin 11
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 9
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 9
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 9
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 8
E310 - Propyl gallate 8
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 8
E280 - Propionic acid 7
E263 - Calcium acetate 7
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 7
E955 - Sucralose 6
E340 - Potassium phosphates 5High risk of over exposure
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 5
E210 - Benzoic acid 5High risk of over exposure
E160c - Paprika extract 5
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 5
E1200 - Polydextrose 5
E904 - Shellac 5
E905b - Petroleum jelly 4
E905 - Synthetic wax 4
E965 - Maltitol 4
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 4
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 4
E450v - Tetrapotassium diphosphate 4
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 4
E500i - Sodium carbonate 3
E14XX - Modified Starch 3
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 3
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 3
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 3
Potassium iodide 3
E552 - Calcium silicate 3
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 3
E551 - Silicon dioxide 3
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 3
E950 - Acesulfame k 3
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 3High risk of over exposure
E355 - Adipic acid 3
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 3High risk of over exposure
E928 - Benzole peroxide 2
E221 - Sodium sulphite 2High risk of over exposure
E251 - Sodium nitrate 2High risk of over exposure
E487 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate 2
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 2
E150 - Caramel 2
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 2
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 2
E966 - Lactitol 2
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 2
E324 - Ethoxyquin 2
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 2
E101i - Riboflavin 2
E101 - Riboflavin 2
E218 - Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 2
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 2
E510 - Ammonium chloride 1
E507 - Hydrochloric acid 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E261 - Potassium acetate 1
E173 - Aluminium 1
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E336ii - Dipotassium tartrate 1
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 1
E501 - Potassium carbonates 1
E1105 - Lysozyme 1
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 1
E514i - Sodium sulphate 1
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 1
E514 - Sodium sulphates 1
E965ii - Maltitol syrup 1
E579 - Iron gluconate 1
E1521 - Polyethylene glycol 1
E420ii - Sorbitol syrup 1