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List of additives - United States

231 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E330 - Citric acid 5694
E415 - Xanthan gum 2887
E150c - Ammonia caramel 2052Moderate risk of over exposure
E322 - Lecithins 2027
E322i - Lecithin 2025
E270 - Lactic acid 1911
E250 - Sodium nitrite 1721High risk of over exposure
E631 - Disodium inosinate 1610
E627 - Disodium guanylate 1516
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 1511High risk of over exposure
E412 - Guar gum 1188
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 1109
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 1096
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1093
E450 - Diphosphates 960High risk of over exposure
E202 - Potassium sorbate 938High risk of over exposure
E500 - Sodium carbonates 916
E160b - Annatto 873
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 809
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 799
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 777
E460 - Cellulose 771
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 746No or very low risk of over exposure
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 698
E211 - Sodium benzoate 667High risk of over exposure
E200 - Sorbic acid 611High risk of over exposure
E341 - Calcium phosphates 579High risk of over exposure
E407 - Carrageenan 567High risk of over exposure
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 523
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 517
E160a - Carotene 468
E160ai - Beta-carotene 463
E282 - Calcium propionate 461
E262 - Sodium acetates 449
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 432
E452 - Polyphosphates 388High risk of over exposure
E160c - Paprika extract 388
E331 - Sodium citrates 384
E102 - Tartrazine 365
E300 - Ascorbic acid 353
E340 - Potassium phosphates 335High risk of over exposure
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 330High risk of over exposure
E401 - Sodium alginate 322
E410 - Locust bean gum 315
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 295
E414 - Acacia gum 290
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 286
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 282
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 280
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 280
E171 - Titanium dioxide 279
E235 - Natamycin 266
E260 - Acetic acid 243
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 228
E461 - Methyl cellulose 218
E920 - L-cysteine 203
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 197
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 192
E296 - Malic acid 188
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 167
E420 - Sorbitol 164
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 163
E339 - Sodium phosphates 162High risk of over exposure
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 157
E100 - Curcumin 150
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 148High risk of over exposure
E428 - Gelatine 148
E552 - Calcium silicate 147
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 139Moderate risk of over exposure
E363 - Succinic acid 138
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 135
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 132
E310 - Propyl gallate 130
E1400 - Dextrin 128
E326 - Potassium lactate 126
E325 - Sodium lactate 124
E297 - Fumaric acid 112
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 108
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 105
E500i - Sodium carbonate 98
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 98
E234 - Nisin 97
E579 - Iron gluconate 96
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 96
E251 - Sodium nitrate 95High risk of over exposure
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 93High risk of over exposure
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 91
E501 - Potassium carbonates 89
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 87
E150a - Plain caramel 84No or very low risk of over exposure
E1105 - Lysozyme 82
E501i - Potassium carbonate 82
E129 - Allura red 80No or very low risk of over exposure
E327 - Calcium lactate 77
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 70No or very low risk of over exposure
E510 - Ammonium chloride 69
E281 - Sodium propionate 66
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 65
E440 - Pectins 63
E338 - Phosphoric acid 62High risk of over exposure
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 58
E160d - Lycopene 57
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 56Moderate risk of over exposure
E927a - Azodicarbonamide 54
E927 - Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide 54
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 53High risk of over exposure
E965 - Maltitol 53
E422 - Glycerol 52
E315 - Erythorbic acid 50No or very low risk of over exposure
E1104 - Lipase 49
E924a - Potassium bromate 45
E150 - Caramel 44
E516 - Calcium sulphate 43
E170i - Calcium carbonate 42No or very low risk of over exposure
E170 - Calcium carbonates 42
E262i - Sodium acetate 42
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 38High risk of over exposure
E14XX - Modified Starch 36
E127 - Erythrosine 35
E425 - Konjac 34
E1510 - Ethanol 33
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 31
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 29
E551 - Silicon dioxide 29
E955 - Sucralose 29
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 29
E101 - Riboflavin 28
E101i - Riboflavin 28
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 27
E336 - Potassium tartrates 27
E425i - Konjac gum 27
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 27
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 26
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 25
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 25Moderate risk of over exposure
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 24
E406 - Agar 23
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 23High risk of over exposure
E164 - Saffron 21
E120 - Cochineal 21
E620 - Glutamic acid 21
E928 - Benzole peroxide 19
E280 - Propionic acid 19
E635 - Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide 16
E324 - Ethoxyquin 15
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 14
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 14
E355 - Adipic acid 14
E903 - Carnauba wax 14
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 14
E451 - Triphosphates 13High risk of over exposure
E418 - Gellan gum 13
E930 - Calcium peroxide 13
E951 - Aspartame 12No or very low risk of over exposure
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 12
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 11
E340i - Monopotassium phosphate 11
E161g - Canthaxanthin 10
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 10
E451i - Pentasodium triphosphate 9
E450vii - Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate 9
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 9
E261 - Potassium acetate 8
E1102 - Glucose oxidase 7
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 7
E622 - Monopotassium glutamate 7
E221 - Sodium sulphite 7High risk of over exposure
E1422 - Acetylated distarch adipate 7
E1101 - Protease 6
E950 - Acesulfame k 6
E1200 - Polydextrose 6
E640 - Glycine and its sodium salt 5
E954 - Saccharin and its salts 5
E420i - D-sorbitol 5
E640i - Glycine 5
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 5
E570 - Fatty acids 5
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 5
E636 - Maltol 5
E413 - Tragacanth 5
E307b - Concentrated tocopherol 4
E343 - Magnesium phosphates 4High risk of over exposure
E343i - Monomagnesium phosphate 4
Amino acids 4
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 4
E1442 - Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate 4
E132 - Indigotine 4No or very low risk of over exposure
E585 - Ferrous lactate 3
E421 - Mannitol 3
Potassium iodide 3
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 3
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 3High risk of over exposure
E916 - Calcium iodate 3
E958 - Glycyrrhizin 3
E905a - Mineral oil 3
E905 - Synthetic wax 3
E576 - Sodium gluconate 3
E482 - Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate 3High risk of over exposure
E150d - Sulphite ammonia caramel 3No or very low risk of over exposure
E452ii - Potassium polyphosphate 2
E161b - Lutein 2
E210 - Benzoic acid 2High risk of over exposure
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 2
E404 - Calcium alginate 2
E290 - Carbon dioxide 2
E632 - Dipotassium inosinate 1
E400 - Alginic acid 1
E105 - E105 food additive 1
E365 - Sodium fumarate 1
E252 - Potassium nitrate 1High risk of over exposure
E249 - Potassium nitrite 1
E228 - Potassium bisulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E526 - Calcium hydroxide 1
E417 - Tara gum 1
E917 - Potassium iodate 1
E511 - Magnesium chloride 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E1420 - Acetylated starch 1
E307c - DL-Alpha-tocopherol 1
E507 - Hydrochloric acid 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E323 - E323 food additive 1
E503i - Ammonium carbonate 1
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 1
E429 - Peptone 1
E472c - Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 1
E1519 - Benzyl alcohol 1
E960 - Steviol glycosides 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E964 - Polyglycitol syrup 1
E160 - Carotenoids 1
E967 - Xylitol 1
E450v - Tetrapotassium diphosphate 1