Food additive reference
Additives that can appear in children's food: the names they go by on labels in five languages, their function and what our v1 rating says about each one. Every statement comes from our rule table and its sources.
62 additives, 28 of them with a rule in our v1 rating.
Function
Rules
Showing 62 of 62 additives
- E100colourcurcuminNo rule in v1
- E101colourriboflavinNo rule in v1
- E160AcolourcarotenesNo rule in v1
- E160Ccolourpaprika extractNo rule in v1
- E162colourbeetroot redNo rule in v1
- E170colourcalcium carbonateNo rule in v1
- E200preservativesorbic acidHas a rule in v1
- E201preservativesodium sorbateHas a rule in v1
- E202preservativepotassium sorbateHas a rule in v1
- E203preservativecalcium sorbateHas a rule in v1
- E210preservativebenzoic acidHas a rule in v1
- E211preservativesodium benzoateHas a rule in v1
- E212preservativepotassium benzoateHas a rule in v1
- E213preservativecalcium benzoateHas a rule in v1
- E220preservativesulphur dioxideHas a rule in v1
- E221preservativesodium sulphiteHas a rule in v1
- E223preservativesodium metabisulphiteHas a rule in v1
- E224preservativepotassium metabisulphiteHas a rule in v1
- E249preservativepotassium nitriteHas a rule in v1
- E250preservativesodium nitriteHas a rule in v1
- E251preservativesodium nitrateHas a rule in v1
- E252preservativepotassium nitrateHas a rule in v1
- E270acidity regulatorlactic acidNo rule in v1
- E296acidity regulatormalic acidNo rule in v1
- E300antioxidantascorbic acidNo rule in v1
- E301antioxidantsodium ascorbateNo rule in v1
- E304antioxidantascorbyl palmitateNo rule in v1
- E306antioxidanttocopherolsNo rule in v1
- E322emulsifierlecithinsNo rule in v1
- E330acidity regulatorcitric acidNo rule in v1
- E331acidity regulatorsodium citratesNo rule in v1
- E332acidity regulatorpotassium citratesNo rule in v1
- E333acidity regulatorcalcium citratesNo rule in v1
- E339acidity regulatorsodium phosphatesNo rule in v1
- E341acidity regulatorcalcium phosphatesNo rule in v1
- E401thickenersodium alginateNo rule in v1
- E406thickeneragarNo rule in v1
- E407thickenercarrageenanNo rule in v1
- E410thickenerlocust bean gumNo rule in v1
- E412thickenerguar gumNo rule in v1
- E414thickenergum arabicNo rule in v1
- E415thickenerxanthan gumNo rule in v1
- E420sweetenersorbitolHas a rule in v1
- E421sweetenermannitolHas a rule in v1
- E440thickenerpectinNo rule in v1
- E460bulking agentcelluloseNo rule in v1
- E471emulsifiermono- and diglycerides of fatty acidsNo rule in v1
- E500raising agentsodium carbonatesNo rule in v1
- E501raising agentpotassium carbonatesNo rule in v1
- E503raising agentammonium bicarbonateNo rule in v1
- E950sweeteneracesulfame kHas a rule in v1
- E951sweeteneraspartameHas a rule in v1
- E952sweetenercyclamatesHas a rule in v1
- E953sweetenerisomaltHas a rule in v1
- E954sweetenersaccharinHas a rule in v1
- E955sweetenersucraloseHas a rule in v1
- E960sweetenersteviol glycosidesHas a rule in v1
- E965sweetenermaltitolHas a rule in v1
- E967sweetenerxylitolHas a rule in v1
- E968sweetenererythritolHas a rule in v1
- E1422thickeneracetylated distarch adipateNo rule in v1
- E1442thickenerhydroxypropyl distarch phosphateNo rule in v1
What this reference says and what it does not
For each additive we record the E-number, the function class, the names used on labels in five languages and any v1 rule that mentions it, with the source and its check date. We do not record EU authorisation conditions or EFSA opinions per additive: we have not confirmed them, so we say nothing about them. Where there is no rule, the page says so.