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List of additives - United States

272 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E322 - Lecithins 5480
E322i - Lecithin 5449
E500 - Sodium carbonates 5017
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 4937
E330 - Citric acid 3269
E415 - Xanthan gum 2708
E412 - Guar gum 2575
E160b - Annatto 2386
E407 - Carrageenan 2021High risk of over exposure
E202 - Potassium sorbate 1875High risk of over exposure
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1853
E235 - Natamycin 1783
E341 - Calcium phosphates 1712High risk of over exposure
E129 - Allura red 1706No or very low risk of over exposure
E410 - Locust bean gum 1628
E102 - Tartrazine 1555
E270 - Lactic acid 1458
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 1392Moderate risk of over exposure
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 1310
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 1285
E200 - Sorbic acid 1232High risk of over exposure
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 1163
E150c - Ammonia caramel 1143Moderate risk of over exposure
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 1119
E460 - Cellulose 1103
E450 - Diphosphates 1041High risk of over exposure
E331 - Sodium citrates 893
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 883
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 836
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 779
E903 - Carnauba wax 770
E127 - Erythrosine 731
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 721Moderate risk of over exposure
E211 - Sodium benzoate 691High risk of over exposure
E171 - Titanium dioxide 690
E422 - Glycerol 616
E132 - Indigotine 598No or very low risk of over exposure
E428 - Gelatine 558
E414 - Acacia gum 523
E1400 - Dextrin 515
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 498
E160a - Carotene 456
E160ai - Beta-carotene 442
E290 - Carbon dioxide 429
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 372
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 359
E440 - Pectins 316
E340 - Potassium phosphates 315High risk of over exposure
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 308
E338 - Phosphoric acid 282High risk of over exposure
E281 - Sodium propionate 260
E296 - Malic acid 255
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 250Moderate risk of over exposure
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 247High risk of over exposure
E420 - Sorbitol 245
E452 - Polyphosphates 236High risk of over exposure
E401 - Sodium alginate 208
E339 - Sodium phosphates 200High risk of over exposure
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 198
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 190
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 181High risk of over exposure
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 180No or very low risk of over exposure
E160c - Paprika extract 173
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 170
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 165
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 163
E336 - Potassium tartrates 163
E250 - Sodium nitrite 161High risk of over exposure
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 159
E955 - Sucralose 158
E418 - Gellan gum 157
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 155
E262 - Sodium acetates 153
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 145
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 143
E282 - Calcium propionate 137
E406 - Agar 135
E631 - Disodium inosinate 125
E627 - Disodium guanylate 123
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 121No or very low risk of over exposure
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 120
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 118High risk of over exposure
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 113
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 113High risk of over exposure
E260 - Acetic acid 111
E570 - Fatty acids 101
E1510 - Ethanol 101
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 95
E950 - Acesulfame k 92
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 85High risk of over exposure
E340iii - Tripotassium phosphate 81
E904 - Shellac 80
E965 - Maltitol 78
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 75
E100 - Curcumin 68
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 66High risk of over exposure
E1105 - Lysozyme 64
E500i - Sodium carbonate 59
E14XX - Modified Starch 59
E326 - Potassium lactate 58
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 54
E170 - Calcium carbonates 54
E960 - Steviol glycosides 51Moderate risk of over exposure
E150 - Caramel 51
E1200 - Polydextrose 51
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 50
E170i - Calcium carbonate 50No or very low risk of over exposure
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 49
E501 - Potassium carbonates 48
E327 - Calcium lactate 48
E120 - Cochineal 48
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 47
E413 - Tragacanth 43
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 41
E342 - Ammonium phosphate 41
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 40
E425 - Konjac 40
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 39
E325 - Sodium lactate 38
E968 - Erythritol 36
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 34
E501i - Potassium carbonate 33
E300 - Ascorbic acid 33
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 33
E924a - Potassium bromate 31
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 31
E951 - Aspartame 30No or very low risk of over exposure
E461 - Methyl cellulose 27
E502 - Carbonates 26
E503i - Ammonium carbonate 26
E425i - Konjac gum 25
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 24
E262i - Sodium acetate 23
E340i - Monopotassium phosphate 23
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 23
E572 - Magnesium stearate 23
E251 - Sodium nitrate 23High risk of over exposure
E523 - Aluminium ammonium sulphate 22
E234 - Nisin 21
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 21
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 19High risk of over exposure
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 19
E516 - Calcium sulphate 17
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 16High risk of over exposure
E150a - Plain caramel 16No or very low risk of over exposure
E163 - Anthocyanins 16
E221 - Sodium sulphite 16High risk of over exposure
E451 - Triphosphates 16High risk of over exposure
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 16
E420ii - Sorbitol syrup 15
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 15
E355 - Adipic acid 14
E101 - Riboflavin 14
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 13
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 13
E965ii - Maltitol syrup 13
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 13
E552 - Calcium silicate 13
E101i - Riboflavin 12
E905 - Synthetic wax 12
E905a - Mineral oil 12
E404 - Calcium alginate 11
E363 - Succinic acid 11
E442 - Ammonium phosphatides 11
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 10
E403 - Ammonium alginate 10
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 10
E150d - Sulphite ammonia caramel 10No or very low risk of over exposure
E1102 - Glucose oxidase 10
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 9
E333 - Calcium citrates 9
E297 - Fumaric acid 9
E261 - Potassium acetate 9
E161b - Lutein 9
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 8High risk of over exposure
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 8
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 8
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 8
E1104 - Lipase 7
E343 - Magnesium phosphates 7High risk of over exposure
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 7
E637 - Ethyl maltol 7
E1103 - Invertase 7
E280 - Propionic acid 7
E343i - Monomagnesium phosphate 6
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 6
E160d - Lycopene 6
E263 - Calcium acetate 6
E920 - L-cysteine 6
E140 - Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 6
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 6
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 6
E417 - Tara gum 6
Potassium iodide 6
E553 - Magnesium silicates 6
E162 - Beetroot red 6
E153 - Vegetable carbon 6
E1101 - Protease 5
E953 - Isomalt 5
E1412 - Distarch phosphate 5
E164 - Saffron 5
E451i - Pentasodium triphosphate 5
E928 - Benzole peroxide 5
E927a - Azodicarbonamide 4
E315 - Erythorbic acid 4No or very low risk of over exposure
E445 - Glycerol esters of wood rosin 4
E416 - Karaya-gum 4
E143 - Fast Green FCF 4
E927 - Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide 4
E140i - Chlorophylls 3
E420i - D-sorbitol 3
E509 - Calcium chloride 3Moderate risk of over exposure
E1519 - Benzyl alcohol 3
E579 - Iron gluconate 3
E620 - Glutamic acid 3
E930 - Calcium peroxide 3
E967 - Xylitol 3
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 2
E218 - Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 2
E332 - Potassium citrates 2
E203 - Calcium sorbate 2
E452ii - Potassium polyphosphate 2
E954 - Saccharin and its salts 2
E436 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate 2Moderate risk of over exposure
E551 - Silicon dioxide 2
E961 - Neotame 2
E487 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate 2
E964 - Polyglycitol syrup 2
E576 - Sodium gluconate 2
E310 - Propyl gallate 2
E529 - Calcium oxide 2
E160 - Carotenoids 2
E941 - Nitrogen 2
E161g - Canthaxanthin 2
E472 - Acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1
E226 - Calcium sulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E130 - Indanthrene blue RS 1
E470b - Magnesium salts of fatty acids 1
E470ai - Sodium salts of fatty acids 1
E917 - Potassium iodate 1
E470a - Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids 1
E925 - Chlorine 1
E526 - Calcium hydroxide 1
E451ii - Pentapotassium triphosphate 1
E407a - Processed eucheuma seaweed 1High risk of over exposure
E943b - Isobutane 1
E949 - Hydrogen 1
E443 - Brominated vegetable oil 1
E332ii - Tripotassium citrate 1
E104 - Quinoline yellow 1
E963 - Tagatose 1
E343ii - Dimagnesium phosphate 1
E350 - Sodium malates 1
E504 - Magnesium carbonates 1
E160aii - Plant carotenes 1
E307c - DL-Alpha-tocopherol 1
E528 - Magnesium hydroxide 1
E172 - Iron oxides and iron hydroxides 1
E1442 - Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate 1
E172iii - Yellow iron oxide 1
E553b - Talc 1
E555 - Potassium aluminium silicate 1
E210 - Benzoic acid 1High risk of over exposure
E1422 - Acetylated distarch adipate 1
E1413 - Phosphated distarch phosphate 1
E966 - Lactitol 1
E370 - 1‚4-Heptonolactone 1
E212 - Potassium benzoate 1High risk of over exposure
E141 - Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 1
E140ii - Chlorophyllins 1
E636 - Maltol 1
E472c - Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1