Food Additive Index

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• Acesulfame potassium (950)
• Acetic acid, glacial (260)
• Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol (472a)
• Acetylated distarch adipate (1422)
• Acetylated distarch phosphate (1414)
• Acetylated oxidized starch (1451)
• Acid treated starch (1401)
• ADIPATES
• Agar (406)
• Alginic acid (400)
• Alitame (956)
• Alkaline treated starch (1402)
• Allura red AC (129)
• Aluminium ammonium sulfate (523)
• Aluminium silicate (559)
• Amaranth (123)
• Ammonium acetate (264)
• Ammonium alginate (403)
• Ammonium carbonate (503(i))
• Ammonium chloride (510)
• Ammonium hydrogen carbonate (503(ii))
• Ammonium hydroxide (527)
• Ammonium lactate (328)
• Ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid (442)
• alpha-Amylase from Aspergillus oryzae var. (1100)
• alpha-Amylase from Bacillus licheniformis (Carbohydrase) (1100)
• alpha-Amylase from Bacillus megaterium expressed in Bacillus subtilis (1100)
• alpha-Amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (1100)
• alpha-Amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus subtilis (1100)
• alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis (1100)
• Annatto extracts, bixin-based (160b(i))
• Annatto extracts, norbixin-based (160b(ii))
• Ascorbic acid, L- (300)
• ASCORBYL ESTERS
• Aspartame (951)
• Aspartame-acesulfame salt (962)
• Azodicarbonamide (927a)
• Azorubine (Carmoisine) (122)

• Beeswax (901)
• Beet red (162)
• BENZOATES
• Benzoyl peroxide (928)
• Bleached starch (1403)
• Brilliant black (Black PN) (151)
• Brilliant blue FCF (133)
• Bromelain (1101(iii))
• Brown HT (155)
• Butylated hydroxyanisole (320)
• Butylated hydroxytoluene (321)

• Calcium 5'-guanylate (629)
• Calcium 5'-inosinate (633)
• Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides (634)
• Calcium acetate (263)
• Calcium alginate (404)
• Calcium aluminium silicate (556)
• Calcium ascorbate (302)
• Calcium carbonate (170(i))
• Calcium chloride (509)
• Calcium gluconate (578)
• Calcium glutamate (D, L-) (623)
• Calcium hydroxide (526)
• Calcium lactate (327)
• Calcium malate, (DL-) (352(ii))
• Calcium oxide (529)
• Calcium propionate (282)
• Calcium silicate (552)
• Calcium sulfate (516)
• Candelilla wax (902)
• Canthaxanthin (161g)
• Caramel II - caustic sulfite process (150b)
• Caramel III - ammonia process (150c)
• Caramel I - plain (150a)
• Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia process (150d)
• Carbon dioxide (290)
• Carboxymethyl cellulose, cross-linked- (cross-linked-Cellulose gum) (468)
• Carmines (120)
• Carnauba wax (903)
• Carob bean gum (410)
• beta-Carotenes (vegetable) (160a(ii))
• CAROTENOIDS
• Carrageenan and its ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium salts (includes furcellaran) (407)
• Castor oil (1503)
• Chlorine (925)
• Chlorine dioxide (926)
• Chlorophyll (140)
• CHLOROPHYLLS AND CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER COMPLEXES
• Choline salts and esters (1001)
• Citric acid (330)
• Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (472c)
• Curcumin (100(i))
• Curdlan (424)
• CYCLAMATES
• alpha-Cyclodextrin (457)
• beta-Cyclodextrin (459)
• gamma-Cyclodextrin (458)

• Dextrins, roasted starch (1400)
• Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (472e)
• Dimethyl dicarbonate (242)
• Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (480)
• Diphenyl (230)
• Dipotassium 5'-guanylate (628)
• Disodium 5'-guanylate (627)
• Disodium 5'-inosinate (631)
• Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (635)
• Distarch phosphate (1412)

• Erythritol (968)
• Erythrosine (127)
• Ethyl cellulose (462)
• ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA ACETATES
• Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose (467)
• Ethyl maltol (637)

• Fast green FCF (143)
• Ferric ammonium citrate (381)
• FERROCYANIDES
• Ferrous gluconate (579)
• Ferrous lactate (585)
• Formic acid (236)
• Fumaric acid (297)

• Gellan gum (418)
• Glucono delta-lactone (575)
• Glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger var. (1102)
• L(+)-Glutamic acid (620)
• Glycerol (422)
• Glycerol esters of wood rosin (445)
• Grape skin extract (163(ii))
• Guaiac resin (314)
• 5'-Guanylic acid (626)
• Guar gum (412)
• Gum arabic (Acacia gum) (414)

• Hexamethylene tetramine (239)
• Hydrochloric acid (507)
• Hydrogenated poly–decenes (907)
• HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA-
• Hydroxypropyl cellulose (463)
• Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate (1442)
• Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (464)
• Hydroxypropyl starch (1440)

• Indigotine (Indigo carmine) (132)
• Inosinic acid (630)
• Invertase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1103)
• IRON OXIDES
• Isoascorbic acid (Erythorbic acid) (315)
• Isomalt (Isomaltitol) (953)
• Isopropyl citrates (384)

• Karaya gum (416)
• Konjac flour (425)

• Lactic acid (L-, D- and DL-) (270)
• Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol (472b)
• Lactitol (966)
• Lecithin (322(i))
• Lipase, animal sources (1104)
• LIPASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.)
• Lutein from Tagetes erecta (161b(i))
• LYCOPENES
• Lysozyme (1105)

• Magnesium carbonate (504(i))
• Magnesium chloride (511)
• Magnesium gluconate (580)
• Magnesium glutamate (625)
• Magnesium hydrogen carbonate (504(ii))
• Magnesium hydroxide (528)
• Magnesium lactate, (DL-) (329)
• Magnesium oxide (530)
• Magnesium silicate (553(i))
• Magnesium sulfate (518)
• Malic acid, DL- (296)
• Maltitol (965(i))
• Maltitol syrup (965(ii))
• Maltol (636)
• Mannitol (421)
• Methyl cellulose (461)
• Methyl ethyl cellulose (465)
• Microcrystalline cellulose (460(i))
• Microcrystalline wax (905c(i))
• Mineral oil, high viscosity (905d)
• Mineral oil, medium and low viscosity (class I) (905e)
• Monoammonium glutamate (624)
• Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (471)
• Monopotassium glutamate (622)
• Monosodium glutamate (621)
• Monostarch phosphate (1410)

• Neotame (961)
• Nisin (234)
• NITRATES
• NITRITES
• Nitrogen (941)
• Nitrous oxide (942)

• ORTHO-PHENYLPHENOLS
• Oxidized starch (1404)
• Oxystearin (387)

• Papain (1101(ii))
• Pectins (440)
• Phosphated distarch phosphate (1413)
• PHOSPHATES
• Pimaricin (Natamycin) (235)
• Polydextroses A and N (1200)
• Polydimethylsiloxane (900a)
• Polyethylene Glycol (1521)
• Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (475)
• Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid (476)
• Polyglycitol syrup (964)
• POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES
• POLYSORBATES
• Polyvinyl alcohol (1203)
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone (1201)
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone (insoluble) (1202)
• Ponceau 4R (Cochineal red A) (124)
• Potassium acetates (261)
• Potassium alginate (402)
• Potassium ascorbate (303)
• Potassium carbonate (501(i))
• Potassium chloride (508)
• Potassium dihydrogen citrate (332(i))
• Potassium gluconate (577)
• Potassium hydrogen carbonate (501(ii))
• Potassium hydrogen malate (351(i))
• Potassium hydroxide (525)
• Potassium inosinate (632)
• Potassium lactate (326)
• Potassium malate (351(ii))
• Potassium propionate (283)
• Potassium sulfates (515)
• Powdered cellulose (460(ii))
• Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES) (407a)
• Propane (944)
• Propionic acid (280)
• Propylene glycol (1520)
• Propylene glycol alginate (405)
• Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (477)
• Propyl gallate (310)
• Protease (1101(i))
• Pullulan (1204)

• QUILLAIA EXTRACTS
• Quinoline yellow (104)

• Red 2G (128)
• RIBOFLAVINS

• SACCHARINS
• Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium (470(i))
• Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium (470(ii))
• Shellac (904)
• Silicon dioxide, amorphous (551)
• Sodium acetate (262(i))
• Sodium alginate (401)
• SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES
• Sodium aluminosilicate (554)
• Sodium ascorbate (301)
• Sodium carbonate (500(i))
• Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, enzymatically hydrolysed (Cellulose gum, enzymatically hydrolyzed) (469)
• Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose gum) (466)
• Sodium diacetate (262(ii))
• Sodium dihydrogen citrate (331(i))
• Sodium fumarates (365)
• Sodium gluconate (576)
• Sodium hydrogen carbonate (500(ii))
• Sodium hydrogen malate (350(i))
• Sodium hydroxide (524)
• Sodium isoascorbate (316)
• Sodium lactate (325)
• Sodium malate (350(ii))
• Sodium propionate (281)
• Sodium sesquicarbonate (500(iii))
• Sodium sulfates (514)
• SORBATES
• SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS
• Sorbitol (420(i))
• Sorbitol syrup (420(ii))
• Stannous chloride (512)
• Starch acetate (1420)
• Starches, enzyme treated (1405)
• Starch sodium octenyl succinate (1450)
• STEAROYL LACTYLATES
• Stearyl citrate (484)
• Stearyl tartrate (483)
• Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose) (955)
• Sucroglycerides (474)
• Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (444)
• Sucrose esters of fatty acids (473)
• SULFITES
• Sunset yellow FCF (110)

• Talc (553(iii))
• Tannic acid (Tannins, food grade) (181)
• Tara gum (417)
• TARTRATES
• Tartrazine (102)
• Tertiary butylhydroquinone (319)
• Thaumatin (957)
• Thermally oxidized soya bean oil with mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (479)
• THIODIPROPIONATES
• Titanium dioxide (171)
• TOCOPHEROLS
• Tragacanth gum (413)
• Triacetin (1518)
• Triammonium citrate (380)
• Tricalcium citrate (333(iii))
• Triethyl citrate (1505)
• Tripotassium citrate (332(ii))
• Trisodium citrate (331(iii))

• Xanthan gum (415)
• Xylitol (967)

• Zeaxanthin (synthetic) (161h(i))