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List of additives - United States

462 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E330 - Citric acid 72828
E322 - Lecithins 58329
E322i - Lecithin 58056
E415 - Xanthan gum 33992
E500 - Sodium carbonates 31709
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 31009
E129 - Allura red 25207No or very low risk of over exposure
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 25157
E412 - Guar gum 24553
E150c - Ammonia caramel 21983Moderate risk of over exposure
E102 - Tartrazine 21861
E202 - Potassium sorbate 20847High risk of over exposure
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 19339Moderate risk of over exposure
E407 - Carrageenan 17455High risk of over exposure
E341 - Calcium phosphates 16023High risk of over exposure
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 15783
E270 - Lactic acid 15387
E410 - Locust bean gum 14521
E450 - Diphosphates 14504High risk of over exposure
E211 - Sodium benzoate 13703High risk of over exposure
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 13605
E440 - Pectins 12361
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 12324
E331 - Sodium citrates 11936
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 11326
E414 - Acacia gum 11323
E160b - Annatto 10723
E422 - Glycerol 10399
E428 - Gelatine 10148
E296 - Malic acid 9397
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 8652High risk of over exposure
E250 - Sodium nitrite 8452High risk of over exposure
E955 - Sucralose 8448
E171 - Titanium dioxide 8383
E903 - Carnauba wax 8038
E282 - Calcium propionate 7422
E460 - Cellulose 6545
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 6392High risk of over exposure
E950 - Acesulfame k 6386
E200 - Sorbic acid 6280High risk of over exposure
E631 - Disodium inosinate 6270
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 6136No or very low risk of over exposure
E627 - Disodium guanylate 5900
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 5868
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 5815Moderate risk of over exposure
E1400 - Dextrin 5768
E127 - Erythrosine 5620
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 5442Moderate risk of over exposure
E340 - Potassium phosphates 5275High risk of over exposure
E262 - Sodium acetates 5139
E160a - Carotene 5137
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 5124
E160ai - Beta-carotene 4942
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 4932
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 4860
E452 - Polyphosphates 4769High risk of over exposure
E420 - Sorbitol 4756
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 4621
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 4365
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 4251
E132 - Indigotine 4011No or very low risk of over exposure
E338 - Phosphoric acid 3988High risk of over exposure
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 3771
E160c - Paprika extract 3711
E297 - Fumaric acid 3424
E951 - Aspartame 3316No or very low risk of over exposure
E401 - Sodium alginate 3281
E235 - Natamycin 3267
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 3120
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 3098
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 3027
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 2932
E300 - Ascorbic acid 2925
E212 - Potassium benzoate 2899High risk of over exposure
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 2804
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 2726No or very low risk of over exposure
E406 - Agar 2686
E281 - Sodium propionate 2442
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 2404
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 2326
E418 - Gellan gum 2267
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 2260High risk of over exposure
E260 - Acetic acid 2214
E960 - Steviol glycosides 2175Moderate risk of over exposure
E326 - Potassium lactate 2079
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 2071High risk of over exposure
E325 - Sodium lactate 2030
E516 - Calcium sulphate 2017
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 1929
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 1874
E570 - Fatty acids 1801
E968 - Erythritol 1769
E445 - Glycerol esters of wood rosin 1736
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 1727
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 1658
E100 - Curcumin 1645
E339 - Sodium phosphates 1603High risk of over exposure
E965 - Maltitol 1569
E327 - Calcium lactate 1525
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 1412
E461 - Methyl cellulose 1378
E170 - Calcium carbonates 1369
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 1357High risk of over exposure
E170i - Calcium carbonate 1347No or very low risk of over exposure
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 1336High risk of over exposure
E905 - Synthetic wax 1320
E905a - Mineral oil 1283
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 1279
E904 - Shellac 1235
E336 - Potassium tartrates 1233
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 1221
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 1169
E552 - Calcium silicate 1093
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 1070
E572 - Magnesium stearate 1052
E1200 - Polydextrose 1033
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 992
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 903
E14XX - Modified Starch 901
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 848
E290 - Carbon dioxide 838
E930 - Calcium peroxide 834
E1103 - Invertase 797
E927 - Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide 789
E1510 - Ethanol 784
E501 - Potassium carbonates 770
E150 - Caramel 767
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 767
E927a - Azodicarbonamide 764
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 762
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 738
E967 - Xylitol 721
E355 - Adipic acid 709
E310 - Propyl gallate 692
E340i - Monopotassium phosphate 688
E965ii - Maltitol syrup 687
E920 - L-cysteine 679
E251 - Sodium nitrate 654High risk of over exposure
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 598
E500i - Sodium carbonate 555
E413 - Tragacanth 546
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 532
E443 - Brominated vegetable oil 526
E417 - Tara gum 509
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 499
E262i - Sodium acetate 497
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 491
E221 - Sodium sulphite 491High risk of over exposure
E501i - Potassium carbonate 490
E150a - Plain caramel 486No or very low risk of over exposure
E421 - Mannitol 481
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 463
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 461
E101 - Riboflavin 443
E363 - Succinic acid 430
E343 - Magnesium phosphates 409High risk of over exposure
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 403High risk of over exposure
E280 - Propionic acid 382
E120 - Cochineal 374
E263 - Calcium acetate 371
E924a - Potassium bromate 348
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 348
E315 - Erythorbic acid 345No or very low risk of over exposure
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 338
E444 - Sucrose acetate isobutyrate 334
E340iii - Tripotassium phosphate 333
E343i - Monomagnesium phosphate 332
E101i - Riboflavin 329
E916 - Calcium iodate 328
E210 - Benzoic acid 325High risk of over exposure
E510 - Ammonium chloride 321
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 311
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 311
E442 - Ammonium phosphatides 296
E1104 - Lipase 278
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 271
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 268
E261 - Potassium acetate 262
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 252
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 246
Potassium iodide 245
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 245High risk of over exposure
E416 - Karaya-gum 243
E163 - Anthocyanins 238
E234 - Nisin 233
E953 - Isomalt 203
E579 - Iron gluconate 200
E961 - Neotame 199
E1105 - Lysozyme 198
E425 - Konjac 195
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 188
E551 - Silicon dioxide 173
E332 - Potassium citrates 167
E1101 - Protease 157
E160d - Lycopene 154
E332ii - Tripotassium citrate 152
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 150
E143 - Fast Green FCF 145
E942 - Nitrous oxide 142
E482 - Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate 141High risk of over exposure
E954 - Saccharin and its salts 140
E162 - Beetroot red 135
E420ii - Sorbitol syrup 134
E502 - Carbonates 132
E553 - Magnesium silicates 131
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 125High risk of over exposure
E164 - Saffron 123
E161b - Lutein 122
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 119
E640 - Glycine and its sodium salt 118
E342 - Ammonium phosphate 118
E640i - Glycine 115
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 113
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 109
E928 - Benzole peroxide 107
E1519 - Benzyl alcohol 101
E1521 - Polyethylene glycol 100
E329 - Magnesium lactate 100
E487 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate 95
E917 - Potassium iodate 92
E425i - Konjac gum 92
E451 - Triphosphates 91High risk of over exposure
E153 - Vegetable carbon 88
E553b - Talc 86
E503i - Ammonium carbonate 83
E902 - Candelilla wax 83
E635 - Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide 81
E150d - Sulphite ammonia caramel 80No or very low risk of over exposure
E999 - Quillaia extract 78
E343ii - Dimagnesium phosphate 77
E404 - Calcium alginate 75
E941 - Nitrogen 74
E620 - Glutamic acid 73
E962 - Salt of aspartame-acesulfame 73
Amino acids 70
E905b - Petroleum jelly 68
E140 - Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 66
E966 - Lactitol 66
E324 - Ethoxyquin 66
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 63
E436 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate 62Moderate risk of over exposure
E218 - Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 56
E509 - Calcium chloride 56Moderate risk of over exposure
E1202 - Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone 53
E463 - Hydroxypropyl cellulose 52
E636 - Maltol 52
E333 - Calcium citrates 50
E1201 - Polyvinylpyrrolidone 49
E141 - Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 45
E637 - Ethyl maltol 43
E451i - Pentasodium triphosphate 43
E140i - Chlorophylls 43
E1210 - Carbomer 42
E432 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate 42Moderate risk of over exposure
E403 - Ammonium alginate 39
E576 - Sodium gluconate 39
E964 - Polyglycitol syrup 37
E927b - Carbamide 35
E350 - Sodium malates 35
E1422 - Acetylated distarch adipate 34
E1442 - Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate 34
E523 - Aluminium ammonium sulphate 33
E641 - Leucine 33
E530 - Magnesium oxide 32
E1203 - Polyvinyl alcohol 31
E173 - Aluminium 29
E160 - Carotenoids 23
E420i - D-sorbitol 23
E925 - Chlorine 23
E161g - Canthaxanthin 22
E450v - Tetrapotassium diphosphate 21
E375 - Nicotinic acid 21
E141ii - Copper complexes of chlorophyllins 21
E1102 - Glucose oxidase 20
E944 - Propane 19
E943b - Isobutane 19
E1503 - Castor oil 18
E1412 - Distarch phosphate 17
E172 - Iron oxides and iron hydroxides 16
E963 - Tagatose 16
E175 - Gold 16
E140ii - Chlorophyllins 16
E452ii - Potassium polyphosphate 15
E400 - Alginic acid 15
E559 - Aluminium silicate 15
E507 - Hydrochloric acid 15Moderate risk of over exposure
Organic acids 14
E450vii - Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate 14
E350i - Sodium malate 13
E124 - Ponceau 4r 13
E515 - Potassium sulphates 13
E470b - Magnesium salts of fatty acids 13
E905c - Petroleum wax 13
E472b - Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 13
E451ii - Pentapotassium triphosphate 13
E905ci - Microcrystalline wax 12
E624 - Monoammonium glutamate 12
E913 - Lanolin 12
E462 - Ethyl cellulose 12
E529 - Calcium oxide 11
E622 - Monopotassium glutamate 11
E585 - Ferrous lactate 11
E511 - Magnesium chloride 10Moderate risk of over exposure
E336ii - Dipotassium tartrate 10
E201 - Sodium sorbate 10
E952 - Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts 10
E174 - Silver 10
E160bii - Annatto norbixin 10
E908 - Rice bran wax 10
E525 - Potassium hydroxide 9
E555 - Potassium aluminium silicate 9
E472a - Acetic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 9
E539 - Sodium thiosulfate 8
E528 - Magnesium hydroxide 8
E409 - Arabinogalactan 8
E350ii - Sodium hydrogen malate 8
E472 - Acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 8
E172ii - Red iron oxide 8
E236 - Formic acid 7
E1450 - Starch sodium octenyl succinate 7
E958 - Glycyrrhizin 7
E470a - Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids 7
E141i - Copper complexes of chlorophylls 7
E1420 - Acetylated starch 7
E479b - Thermally oxidised soya bean oil interacted with mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 7
E226 - Calcium sulphite 7High risk of over exposure
E266 - Sodium dehydroacetate 7
E161j - Astaxanthin 7
E514 - Sodium sulphates 6
E1414 - Acetylated distarch phosphate 6
E1504 - Ethyl acetate 6
E1204 - Pullulan 6
E307b - Concentrated tocopherol 6
E959 - Neohesperidine dihydrochalcone 6
E123 - Amaranth 6No or very low risk of over exposure
E303 - Potassium ascorbate 6
E472c - Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 5
E106 - Flavin mononucleotide 5
E474 - Sucroglycerides 5
E508 - Potassium chloride 5Moderate risk of over exposure
E214 - Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate 5
E472g - Succinylated monoglycerides 5
E365 - Sodium fumarate 5
E957 - Thaumatin 5
E252 - Potassium nitrate 5High risk of over exposure
E526 - Calcium hydroxide 5
E160aii - Plant carotenes 4
E331ii - Disodium citrate 4
E333iii - Tricalcium citrate 4
E172i - Black iron oxide 4
E180 - Litholrubine bk 4
E1000 - Cholic acid 4
E504 - Magnesium carbonates 4
E203 - Calcium sorbate 4
E122 - Azorubine 4No or very low risk of over exposure
E165 - Gardenia Blue 4
E949 - Hydrogen 4
E104 - Quinoline yellow 4
E513 - Sulphuric acid 3
E370 - 1‚4-Heptonolactone 3
E440ii - Amidated pectin 3
E249 - Potassium nitrite 3
E181 - Tannin 3
E111 - Orange GGN 3
E1001 - Choline salt 3
E450ii - Trisodium diphosphate 3
E1440 - Hydroxypropyl starch 3
E550 - Sodium silicate 3
E472d - Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 3
E265 - Dehydroacetic acid 3
E246 - Glycolipids 3
E407a - Processed eucheuma seaweed 3High risk of over exposure
E577 - Potassium gluconate 3
E131 - Patent blue v 3Moderate risk of over exposure
E172iii - Yellow iron oxide 3
E522 - Aluminium potassium sulphate 3
E367 - Calcium fumarate 3
E228 - Potassium bisulphite 3High risk of over exposure
E921 - L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate 2
E285 - Sodium tetraborate (borax) 2
E307a - D-Alpha-tocopherol 2
E309 - Delta-tocopherol 2
E170ii - Calcium hydrogen carbonate 2
E331i - Monosodium citrate 2
E345 - Magnesium citrate 2
E352 - Calcium malates 2
E380 - Triammonium citrate 2
E381 - Ferric ammonium citrate 2
E391 - Phytic acid 2
E155 - Brown ht 2High risk of over exposure
E440i - Non-amidated pectines 2
E468 - Cross-linked sodium carboxymethylcellulose 2
E470 - Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids 2
E470ai - Sodium salts of fatty acids 2
E494 - Sorbitan monooleate 2High risk of over exposure
E130 - Indanthrene blue RS 2
E500iii - Sodium sesquicarbonate 2
E125 - Scarlet GN 2
E512 - Stannous chloride 2
E514i - Sodium sulphate 2
E558 - Bentonite 2
E625 - Magnesium diglutamate 2
E107 - Yellow 2G 2
E233 - Thiabendazole 2
E105 - E105 food additive 2
E938 - Argon 2
E943a - Butane 2
E948 - Oxygen 2
E103 - Alkannin 2
E969 - Advantame 2
E121 - Citrus Red 2 1
E515i - Potassium sulphate 1
E905cii - Paraffin wax 1
E906 - Benzoin resin 1
E514ii - Sodium hydrogen sulphate 1
E910 - Wax ester 1
E504i - Magnesium carbonate 1
E128 - Red 2G 1
E493 - Sorbitan monolaurate 1High risk of over exposure
E469 - Enzymatically hydrolysed carboxymethylcellulose 1
E304ii - Ascorbyl stearate 1
E1413 - Phosphated distarch phosphate 1
E142 - Green s 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E457 - Alpha-Cyclodextrine 1
E452iv - Calcium polyphosphate 1
E450vi - Dicalcium diphosphate 1
E434 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E929 - Acetone peroxide 1
E284 - Boric acid 1
E219 - Sodium methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 1
E939 - Helium 1
E429 - Peptone 1
E427 - Cassia gum 1
E239 - Hexamethylene tetramine 1
E425ii - Konjac glucomannan 1
E150b - Caustic sulphite caramel 1No or very low risk of over exposure
E243 - Ethyl lauroyl arginate 1
E152 - Black 7984 1
E154 - Brown FK 1
E242 - Dimethyl dicarbonate 1
E15x - E15x food additive 1
E388 - Thiodipropionic acid 1
E383 - Calcium glycerophosphate 1
E366 - Potassium fumarate 1
E364 - E364 food additive 1
E352i - Calcium malate 1
E160bi - Annatto bixin 1
E160f - Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30) 1
E960a - Steviol glycosides from Stevia 1
E161 - Xanthophylls 1
E161h - Zeaxanthin 1
E312 - Dodecyl gallate 1
E311 - Octyl gallate 1
E308 - Gamme-tocopherol 1
E632 - Dipotassium inosinate 1
E578 - Calcium gluconate 1
E574 - Gluconic acid 1
E573 - Aluminium stearate 1
E560 - Potassium silicate 1
E541i - Acid sodium aluminium phosphate 1
E307c - DL-Alpha-tocopherol 1
E527 - Ammonium hydroxide 1