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List of additives - United States

315 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E330 - Citric acid 13306
E322 - Lecithins 6505
E322i - Lecithin 6498
E415 - Xanthan gum 6313
E412 - Guar gum 4965
E500 - Sodium carbonates 3834
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 3760
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 3702
E407 - Carrageenan 3526High risk of over exposure
E202 - Potassium sorbate 3333High risk of over exposure
E150c - Ammonia caramel 3109Moderate risk of over exposure
E270 - Lactic acid 2842
E211 - Sodium benzoate 2737High risk of over exposure
E341 - Calcium phosphates 2634High risk of over exposure
E410 - Locust bean gum 2589
E102 - Tartrazine 2576
E440 - Pectins 2479
E341i - Monocalcium phosphate 2267
E129 - Allura red 2066No or very low risk of over exposure
E282 - Calcium propionate 1988
E160b - Annatto 1821
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 1781
E450 - Diphosphates 1776High risk of over exposure
E433 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate 1759Moderate risk of over exposure
E422 - Glycerol 1700
E133 - Brilliant blue FCF 1631Moderate risk of over exposure
E250 - Sodium nitrite 1563High risk of over exposure
E450i - Disodium diphosphate 1544
E621 - Monosodium glutamate 1476High risk of over exposure
E955 - Sucralose 1412
E331 - Sodium citrates 1394
E110 - Sunset yellow FCF 1365
E296 - Malic acid 1284
E414 - Acacia gum 1245
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 1201High risk of over exposure
E460 - Cellulose 1159
E472e - Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1157
E631 - Disodium inosinate 1096
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 1094No or very low risk of over exposure
E306 - Tocopherol-rich extract 1017
E627 - Disodium guanylate 1001
E340 - Potassium phosphates 999High risk of over exposure
E339ii - Disodium phosphate 978
E200 - Sorbic acid 940High risk of over exposure
E262 - Sodium acetates 894
E321 - Butylated hydroxytoluene 891
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 856
E300 - Ascorbic acid 803
E950 - Acesulfame k 799
E541 - Sodium aluminium phosphate 790
E260 - Acetic acid 790
E452 - Polyphosphates 781High risk of over exposure
E340ii - Dipotassium phosphate 709
E428 - Gelatine 679
E220 - Sulphur dioxide 677High risk of over exposure
E223 - Sodium metabisulphite 674High risk of over exposure
E160c - Paprika extract 626
E516 - Calcium sulphate 608
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 602
E420 - Sorbitol 595
E160a - Carotene 590
E297 - Fumaric acid 587
E171 - Titanium dioxide 584
E160ai - Beta-carotene 581
E392 - Extracts of rosemary 548
E1400 - Dextrin 536
E401 - Sodium alginate 519
E517 - Ammonium sulphate 518
E320 - Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) 503
E460ii - Powdered cellulose 466
E452vi - Sodium tripolyphosphate 455
E461 - Methyl cellulose 453
E222 - Sodium bisulphite 435High risk of over exposure
E968 - Erythritol 420
E435 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 412Moderate risk of over exposure
E341ii - Dicalcium phosphate 411
E965 - Maltitol 381
E326 - Potassium lactate 375
E521 - Aluminium sodium sulphate 373
E338 - Phosphoric acid 372High risk of over exposure
E170 - Calcium carbonates 359
E235 - Natamycin 356
E170i - Calcium carbonate 356No or very low risk of over exposure
E951 - Aspartame 352No or very low risk of over exposure
E960 - Steviol glycosides 330Moderate risk of over exposure
E339 - Sodium phosphates 330High risk of over exposure
E452i - Sodium polyphosphate 312
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 309
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 301
E319 - Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) 301
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 297
E930 - Calcium peroxide 279
E579 - Iron gluconate 278
E903 - Carnauba wax 274
E281 - Sodium propionate 270
E100 - Curcumin 270
E132 - Indigotine 268No or very low risk of over exposure
E1520 - Propylene Glycol 261No or very low risk of over exposure
E967 - Xylitol 256
E491 - Sorbitan monostearate 236High risk of over exposure
E418 - Gellan gum 234
E460i - Microcrystalline cellulose 233
E927a - Azodicarbonamide 215
E927 - Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide 215
E327 - Calcium lactate 208
E1200 - Polydextrose 208
E920 - L-cysteine 204
E406 - Agar 203
E127 - Erythrosine 200
E339iii - Trisodium phosphate 198
E552 - Calcium silicate 190
E965ii - Maltitol syrup 174
E575 - Glucono-delta-lactone 174
E336i - Monopotassium tartrate 170
E336 - Potassium tartrates 170
E421 - Mannitol 164
E325 - Sodium lactate 163
E262i - Sodium acetate 154
E315 - Erythorbic acid 149No or very low risk of over exposure
E445 - Glycerol esters of wood rosin 142
E150 - Caramel 132
E916 - Calcium iodate 130
E1100 - Alpha-Amylase 123
E340iii - Tripotassium phosphate 123
E212 - Potassium benzoate 122High risk of over exposure
E14XX - Modified Starch 114
E554 - Sodium aluminium silicate 114
E417 - Tara gum 109
E224 - Potassium metabisulphite 107High risk of over exposure
E450iii - Tetrasodium diphosphate 105
E924a - Potassium bromate 104
E1510 - Ethanol 101
E340i - Monopotassium phosphate 94
E501 - Potassium carbonates 84
E464 - Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 84
E150a - Plain caramel 83No or very low risk of over exposure
E343 - Magnesium phosphates 83High risk of over exposure
E1105 - Lysozyme 83
E500i - Sodium carbonate 82
E251 - Sodium nitrate 81High risk of over exposure
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 78
E572 - Magnesium stearate 76
E234 - Nisin 76
E343i - Monomagnesium phosphate 73
E405 - Propane-1‚2-diol alginate 72
E280 - Propionic acid 70
E221 - Sodium sulphite 68High risk of over exposure
E510 - Ammonium chloride 68
E363 - Succinic acid 64
E101 - Riboflavin 64
E1104 - Lipase 60
E501ii - Potassium hydrogen carbonate 60
E120 - Cochineal 56
E954 - Saccharin and its salts 55
E101i - Riboflavin 55
E570 - Fatty acids 55
E953 - Isomalt 53
E307 - Alpha-tocopherol 52
E535 - Sodium ferrocyanide 51
E413 - Tragacanth 47
Potassium iodide 47
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 47
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 47
E261 - Potassium acetate 46
E160d - Lycopene 41
E143 - Fast Green FCF 41
E901 - White and yellow beeswax 38
E310 - Propyl gallate 37
E917 - Potassium iodate 36
E524 - Sodium hydroxide 36
E904 - Shellac 35
E476 - Polyglycerol polyricinoleate 34
E444 - Sucrose acetate isobutyrate 31
E290 - Carbon dioxide 30
E341iii - Tricalcium phosphate 29
E324 - Ethoxyquin 29
E900a - Dimethyl polysiloxane 28
E900 - Dimethylpolysiloxane and Methylphenylpolysiloxane 28
E304 - Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid 27
E425 - Konjac 27
E1101 - Protease 27
E551 - Silicon dioxide 26
E636 - Maltol 26
E355 - Adipic acid 26
E520 - Aluminium sulphate 25
E928 - Benzole peroxide 25
E164 - Saffron 25
E304i - Ascorbyl palmitate 25
E964 - Polyglycitol syrup 25
E941 - Nitrogen 21
E620 - Glutamic acid 20
E339i - Monosodium phosphate 20
E501i - Potassium carbonate 20
E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids 19High risk of over exposure
E905a - Mineral oil 19
E905 - Synthetic wax 19
Amino acids 19
E329 - Magnesium lactate 18
E436 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate 17Moderate risk of over exposure
E961 - Neotame 17
E416 - Karaya-gum 16
E210 - Benzoic acid 15High risk of over exposure
E635 - Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide 15
E443 - Brominated vegetable oil 14
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 14
E425i - Konjac gum 13
E451 - Triphosphates 13High risk of over exposure
E333 - Calcium citrates 13
E263 - Calcium acetate 12
E161g - Canthaxanthin 11
E962 - Salt of aspartame-acesulfame 11
E529 - Calcium oxide 11
E342 - Ammonium phosphate 10
E1442 - Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate 10
E140 - Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 10
E966 - Lactitol 10
E343ii - Dimagnesium phosphate 10
E640 - Glycine and its sodium salt 9
E553 - Magnesium silicates 9
E902 - Candelilla wax 9
E553b - Talc 9
E640i - Glycine 9
E470b - Magnesium salts of fatty acids 8
E140i - Chlorophylls 8
E450v - Tetrapotassium diphosphate 8
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 8
E420ii - Sorbitol syrup 8
E1518 - Glyceryl triacetate 8
E503i - Ammonium carbonate 7
E927b - Carbamide 7
E942 - Nitrous oxide 7
E622 - Monopotassium glutamate 7
E160 - Carotenoids 6
E502 - Carbonates 6
E624 - Monoammonium glutamate 6
E492 - Sorbitan tristearate 6High risk of over exposure
E1102 - Glucose oxidase 6
E999 - Quillaia extract 6
E404 - Calcium alginate 5
E150d - Sulphite ammonia caramel 5No or very low risk of over exposure
E1505 - Triethyl citrate 5
E375 - Nicotinic acid 5
E141 - Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 5
E509 - Calcium chloride 5Moderate risk of over exposure
E963 - Tagatose 5
Organic acids 5
E332 - Potassium citrates 5
E482 - Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate 5High risk of over exposure
E216 - Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 5
E163 - Anthocyanins 5
E332ii - Tripotassium citrate 4
E576 - Sodium gluconate 4
E637 - Ethyl maltol 4
E451i - Pentasodium triphosphate 4
E530 - Magnesium oxide 4
E514 - Sodium sulphates 3
E450vii - Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate 3
E1412 - Distarch phosphate 3
E452ii - Potassium polyphosphate 3
E1103 - Invertase 3
E236 - Formic acid 3
E1422 - Acetylated distarch adipate 2
E1519 - Benzyl alcohol 2
E440i - Non-amidated pectines 2
E539 - Sodium thiosulfate 2
E307b - Concentrated tocopherol 2
E175 - Gold 2
E162 - Beetroot red 2
E514ii - Sodium hydrogen sulphate 2
E409 - Arabinogalactan 2
E161j - Astaxanthin 2
E525 - Potassium hydroxide 2
E140ii - Chlorophyllins 2
E472b - Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 2
E173 - Aluminium 2
E141ii - Copper complexes of chlorophyllins 2
E161b - Lutein 2
E104 - Quinoline yellow 1
E457 - Alpha-Cyclodextrine 1
E450ii - Trisodium diphosphate 1
E470a - Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids 1
E432 - Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E425ii - Konjac glucomannan 1
E487 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate 1
E494 - Sorbitan monooleate 1High risk of over exposure
E403 - Ammonium alginate 1
E400 - Alginic acid 1
E391 - Phytic acid 1
E386 - E386 food additive 1
E350i - Sodium malate 1
E350 - Sodium malates 1
E345 - Magnesium citrate 1
E515 - Potassium sulphates 1
E527 - Ammonium hydroxide 1
E541i - Acid sodium aluminium phosphate 1
E550 - Sodium silicate 1
E246 - Glycolipids 1
E242 - Dimethyl dicarbonate 1
E226 - Calcium sulphite 1High risk of over exposure
E578 - Calcium gluconate 1
E201 - Sodium sorbate 1
E170ii - Calcium hydrogen carbonate 1
E641 - Leucine 1
E160bii - Annatto norbixin 1
E15x - E15x food additive 1
E1521 - Polyethylene glycol 1
E1420 - Acetylated starch 1
E1414 - Acetylated distarch phosphate 1
E952 - Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts 1
E957 - Thaumatin 1
E958 - Glycyrrhizin 1
E959 - Neohesperidine dihydrochalcone 1
E128 - Red 2G 1
E1203 - Polyvinyl alcohol 1
E105 - E105 food additive 1