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List of additives - World

Label: 2020 Gold medal of the German Agricultural Society

61 additives:

AdditiveProducts*Risk
E250 - Sodium nitrite 34High risk of over exposure
E330 - Citric acid 33
E300 - Ascorbic acid 32
E450 - Diphosphates 26High risk of over exposure
E331 - Sodium citrates 15
E14XX - Modified Starch 15
E322 - Lecithins 13
E412 - Guar gum 12
E301 - Sodium ascorbate 12
E500 - Sodium carbonates 11
E262 - Sodium acetates 9
E440 - Pectins 8
E471 - Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 7
E415 - Xanthan gum 6
E270 - Lactic acid 6
E202 - Potassium sorbate 5High risk of over exposure
E160a - Carotene 4
E451 - Triphosphates 4High risk of over exposure
E420 - Sorbitol 4
E481 - Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 4High risk of over exposure
E1103 - Invertase 4
E422 - Glycerol 3
E407 - Carrageenan 3High risk of over exposure
E290 - Carbon dioxide 3
E160ai - Beta-carotene 3
E101 - Riboflavin 2
E101i - Riboflavin 2
E120 - Cochineal 2
E211 - Sodium benzoate 2High risk of over exposure
E333 - Calcium citrates 2
E385 - Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 2
E417 - Tara gum 2
E472c - Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 2
E477 - Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids 2
E501 - Potassium carbonates 2
E501i - Potassium carbonate 2
E316 - Sodium erythorbate 1No or very low risk of over exposure
E503ii - Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 1
E296 - Malic acid 1
E262ii - Sodium diacetate 1
E428 - Gelatine 1
E260 - Acetic acid 1
E251 - Sodium nitrate 1High risk of over exposure
E160bii - Annatto norbixin 1
E452 - Polyphosphates 1High risk of over exposure
E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose 1
E160b - Annatto 1
E472b - Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 1
E511 - Magnesium chloride 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E516 - Calcium sulphate 1
E1510 - Ethanol 1
E150c - Ammonia caramel 1Moderate risk of over exposure
E500ii - Sodium hydrogen carbonate 1
E950 - Acesulfame k 1
E951 - Aspartame 1No or very low risk of over exposure
E338 - Phosphoric acid 1High risk of over exposure
E503 - Ammonium carbonates 1
E401 - Sodium alginate 1
E406 - Agar 1
E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid 1
E331iii - Trisodium citrate 1