Food Additive Code Numbers

100 101 102 103 104 110 120 122 123 124 127 129 132 133 140 141 142 143 150a 150b 150c 150d 151 153 155 160a 160b 160c 160d 160e 160f 161a 161b 161c 161d 161e 161f 162 163 164 170 Curcumin or Turmeric (colour) Riboflavin or Riboflavin 5-phosphate sodium (colour) Tartrazine (colour) Alkanet or Alkannin (colour) Quinoline yellow (colour) Sunset yellow FCF (colour) Carmines or Carminic acid or Cochineal (colour) Azorubine or Carmoisine (colour) Amaranth (colour) Ponceau 4R (colour) Erythrosine (colour) Allura red AC (colour) Indigotine (colour) Brilliant blue FCF (colour) Chlorophyll (colour) Chlorophyll-copper complex (colour) Green S (colour) Fast green FCF (colour) Caramel I (colour) Caramel II (colour) Caramel III (colour) Caramel IV (colour) Brilliant black BN or Brilliant black PN (colour) Carbon black or vegetable carbon (colour) Brown HT (colour) Carotene (colour) Annatto extracts (colour) Paprika oleoresins (colour) Lycopene (colour) b-apo-8 Carotenal (colour) b-apo-8 Carotenoic acid or methyl ethyl ester (colour) Flavoxanthin (colour) Lutein (colour) Kryptoxanthin (colour) Rubixanthin (colour) Violoxanthin (colour) Rhodoxanthin (colour) Beet red (colour) Anthocyanins or Grape skin extract or Blackcurrant extract (colour) Saffron or Crocetin or Crocin (colour) Calcium carbonate (colour, anti-caking agent) 171 172 173 174 175 181 200 201 202 203 210 211 212 213 216 218 220 221 222 223 224 225 228 234 235 242 249 250 251 252 260 261 262 263 264 270 280 281 282 283 290 Titanium dioxide (colour) Iron oxide (colour) Aluminium (colour) Silver (colour) Gold (colour) Tannic acid or tannins (colour, emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener) Sorbic acid (preservative) Sodium sorbate (preservative) Potassium sorbate (preservative) Calcium sorbate (preservative) Benzoic acid (preservative) Sodium benzoate (preservative) Potassium benzoate (preservative) Calcium benzoate (preservative) Propylparaben or Propyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate (preservative) Methylparaben or Methyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate (preservative) Sulphur dioxide (preservative) Sodium sulphite (preservative) Sodium bisulphite (preservative) Sodium metabisulphite (preservative) Potassium metabisulphite (preservative) Potassium sulphite (preservative) Potassium bisulphite (preservative) Nisin (preservative) Natamycin or Pimaricin (preservative) Dimethyl dicarbonate (preservative) Potassium nitrite (preservative, colour fixative) Sodium nitrite (preservative, colour fixative) Sodium nitrate (preservative, colour fixative) Potassium nitrate (preservative, colour fixative) Acetic acid, glacial (acidity regulator) Potassium acetate or Potassium diacetate (acidity regulator) Sodium acetates (acidity regulator) Calcium acetate (acidity regulator) Ammonium acetate (acidity regulator) Lactic acid (acidity regulator) Propionic acid (preservative) Sodium propionate (preservative) Calcium propionate (preservative) Potassium propionate (preservative) Carbon dioxide (propellant)

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Current August 2006

296 297 300 301 302 303 304 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 315 316 319 320 321 322 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 Malic acid (acidity regulator) Fumaric acid (acidity regulator) Ascorbic acid (antioxidant) Sodium ascorbate (antioxidant) Calcium ascorbate (antioxidant) Potassium ascorbate (antioxidant) Ascorbyl palmitate (antioxidant) Tocopherols concentrate, mixed (antioxidant) a-Tocopherol (antioxidant) -Tocopherol (antioxidant) -Tocopherol (antioxidant) Propyl gallate (antioxidant) Octyl gallate (antioxidant) Dodecyl gallate (antioxidant) Erythorbic acid (antioxidant) Sodium erythorbate (antioxidant) tert-Butylhydroquinone (antioxidant) Butylated hydroxyanisole (antioxidant) Butylated hydroxytoluene (antioxidant) Lecithin (antioxidant, emulsifier) Sodium lactate (acidity regulator, humectant, bulking agent) Potassium lactate (acidity regulator, humectant, bulking agent) Calcium lactate (acidity regulator) Ammonium lactate (acidity regulator) Magnesium lactate (acidity regulator) Citric acid (acidity regulator, antioxidant) Sodium citrates (acidity regulator, emulsifier, stabiliser) Potassium citrates (acidity regulator, stabiliser) Calcium citrates (acidity regulator, stabiliser) Tartaric acid (acidity regulator, antioxidant) Sodium tartrates (acidity regulator) Potassium tartrate or Potassium acid tartrate (acidity regulator, stabiliser) Potassium sodium tartrate (acidity regulator, stabiliser) Phosphoric acid (acidity regulator) Sodium phosphates (acidity regulator, emulsifier, stabiliser) Potassium phosphates (acidity regulator, emulsifier, stabiliser) Calcium phosphates (acidity regulator, emulsifier, stabiliser, anti-caking agent) Ammonium phosphates (acidity regulator) Magnesium phosphates (acidity regulator, anticaking agent) 349 Ammonium malate (acidity regulator) 350 Sodium malates (acidity regulator, humectant) 351 Potassium malates (acidity regulator) 352 Calcium malates (acidity regulator) 353 Metatartaric acid (acidity regulator) 354 Calcium tartrate (acidity regulator) 355 Adipic acid (acidity regulator) 357 Potassium adipate (acidity regulator) 359 Ammonium adipates (acidity regulator) 363 Succinic acid (acidity regulator) 365 Sodium fumarate (acidity regulator) 366 Potassium fumarate (acidity regulator) 367 Calcium fumarate (acidity regulator) 368 Ammonium fumarate (acidity regulator) 380 Ammonium citrate or triammonium citrate (acidity regulator) 381 Ferric ammonium citrate (acidity regulator, anticaking agent) 385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate or calcium disodium EDTA (preservative, antioxidant) 400 Alginic acid (thickener, stabiliser) 401 Sodium alginate (thickener, stabiliser, gelling agent) 402 Potassium alginate (thickener, stabiliser) 403 Ammonium alginate (thickener, stabiliser) 404 Calcium alginate (thickener, stabiliser, gelling agent) 405 Propylene glycol alginate (thickener, emulsifier) 406 Agar (thickener, gelling agent, stabiliser) 407 Carrageenan (thickener, gelling agent, stabiliser) 407a Processed eucheuma seaweed (thickener, gelling agent, stabiliser) 409 Arabinogalactan or Larch gum (thickener, gelling agent, stabiliser) 410 Locust bean gum or Carob bean gum (thickener, stabiliser) 412 Guar gum (thickener, stabiliser) 413 Tragacanth gum (thickener, stabiliser) 414 Acacia or gum Arabic (thickener, stabiliser) 415 Xanthan gum (thickener, stabiliser) 416 Karaya gum (thickener, stabiliser) 417 Tara Gum 418 Gellan gum (thickener, stabiliser, gelling agent) 343

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420 421 422 431 433 435 436 440 442 444 445 450 451 452 460 461 463 464 465 466 470 471 472a 472b 472c 472e 472f Sorbitol or sorbitol syrup (sweetener, humectant, emulsifier) Mannitol (sweetener, humectant) Glycerin or glycerol (humectant) Polyethylene (40) stearate (emulsifier) Polysorbate 80 or Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan moonoleate (emulsifier) Polysorbate 60 or Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monostearate (emulsifier) Polysorbate 65 or Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearate (emulsifier) Pectins (thickener, stabiliser, gelling agent) Ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid (emulsifier) Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (emulsifier, stabiliser) Glycerol esters of wood rosins (emulsifier, stabiliser) Potassium pyrophosphate or Sodium acid pyrophosphate or Sodium pyrophosphate (emulsifiers, acidity regulators, stabilisers) Potassium tripolyphosphate or Sodium tripolyphosphate (acidity regulator) Potassium polymetaphosphate or Sodium metaphosphate, insoluble or Sodium polyphosphates, glassy (emulsifier, stabiliser) Cellulose microcrystalline and powdered (anticaking agent) Methyl cellulose (thickener, stabiliser, emulsifier) Hydroxypropyl cellulose (thickener, stabiliser, emulsifier) Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (thickener, stabiliser, emulsifier) Methyl ethyl cellulose (thickener, stabiliser, emulsifier, foaming agent) Sodium carboxymethylcellulose (thickener, stabiliser) Aluminium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, potassium and ammonium salts of fatty acids (emulsifier, stabiliser, anti-caking agent) Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (emulsifier, stabiliser) Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifier, stabiliser) Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifier, stabiliser) Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifier, stabiliser) Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifier) Mixed tartaric, acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifier, stabiliser) 473 475 476 477 480 481 482 491 492 500 501 503 504 507 508 509 510 511 512 514 515 516 518 519 526 529 530 535 536 541 542 551 552 553 554 555 556 Sucrose esters of fatty acids (emulsifier) Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (emulsifier) Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid (emulsifier) Propylene glycol mono- and di-esters or Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (emulsifier) Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate (emulsifier) Sodium lactylate or sodium oleyl lactylate or sodium stearoyl lactylate (emulsifier, stabiliser) Calcium lactylate or Calcium oleyl lactylate or Calcium stearoyl lactylate (emulsifier, stabiliser) Sorbitan monostearate (emulsifier) Sorbitan tristearate (emulsifier) Sodium carbonate or Sodium bicarbonate (acidity regulator, raising agent, anti-caking agent) Potassium carbonates (acidity regulator, stabiliser) Ammonium bicarbonate or Ammonium hydrogen carbonate (acidity regulator, raising agent) Magnesium carbonate (acidity regulator, anticaking agent) Hydrochloric acid (acidity regulator) Potassium chloride (gelling agent) Calcium chloride (firming agent) Ammonium chloride (bulking agent) Magnesium chloride (firming agent) Stannous chloride (antioxidant) Sodium sulphate (acidity regulator) Potassium sulphate (acidity regulator) Calcium sulphate (firming agent) Magnesium sulphate (firming agent) Cupric sulphate (mineral salt) Calcium hydroxide (acidity regulator, firming agent) Calcium oxide (acidity regulator) Magnesium oxide (anti-caking agent) Sodium ferrocyanide (anti-caking agent) Potassium ferrocyanide (anti-caking agent) Sodium aluminium phosphate (acidity regulator, emulsifier) Bone phosphate (anti-caking agent, emulsifier) Silicon dioxide, amorphous (anti-caking agent) Calcium silicate (anti-caking agent) Magnesium silicate or Talc (anti-caking agent) Sodium aluminosilicate (anti-caking agent) Potassium aluminium silicate Calcium aluminium silicate (anti-caking agent) 558 559 560 570 575 577 578 579 580 586 620 621 622 623 624 625 627 631 635 636 637 640 641 900a 901 903 904 905b 914 920 941 942 943a 943b 944 946 950 951 952 953 Bentonite (anti-caking agent) Aluminium silicate Potassium silicate (anti-caking agent) Stearic acid or fatty acid (glazing agent, foaming agent) Glucono -lactone or Glucono delta-lactone (acidity regulator, raising agent) Potassium gluconate (sequestrant) Calcium gluconate (acidity regulator, firming agent) Ferrous gluconate (colour retention agent) Magnesium gluconate (acidity regulatory, firming agent) 4-Hexylresorcinol (antioxidant) L-Glutamic acid (flavour enhancer) Monosodium L-glutamate or MSG (flavour enhancer) Monopotassium L-glutamate (flavour enhancer) Calcium glutamate (flavour enhancer) Monoammonium L-glutamate (flavour enhancer) Magnesium glutamate (flavour enhancer) Disodium 5 -guanylate (flavour enhancer) Disodium 5 -inosinate (flavour enhancer) Disodium 5-ribonucleotides (flavour enhancer) Maltol (flavour enhancer) Ethyl maltol (flavour enhancer) Glycine (flavour enhancer) L-Leucine (flavour enhancer) Polydimethylsiloxane or Dimethylpolysiloxane (anti-caking agent, emulsifier) Beeswax, white and yellow (glazing agent) Carnauba wax (glazing agent) Shellac (glazing agent) Petrolatum or petroleum jelly (glazing agent) Oxidised polyethylene (humectant) L-Cysteine monohydrochloride (raising agent) Nitrogen (propellant) Nitrous oxide (propellant) Butane (propellant) Isobutane (propellant) Propane (propellant) Octafluorocyclobutane (propellant) Acesulphame potassium (sweetener) Aspartame (sweetener) Calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate or cyclamate (sweetener) Isomalt (humectant, sweetener, bulking agent, anti-caking agent) 954 955 956 957 961 962 965 966 967 968 1001 1100 1101 1102 1104 1105 1200 1201 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1410 1412 1413 1414 1420 1422 1440 1442 1450 1505 1518 1520 1521

Current August 2006

Saccharin or calcium saccharin or sodium saccharine or potassium saccharine (sweetener) Sucralose (sweetener) Alitame (sweetener) Thaumatin (flavour enhancer, sweetener) Neotame (sweetener) Aspartame-acesuphame salt Maltitol and maltitol syrup or hydrogenated glucose syrup (sweetener, stabiliser, emulsifier, humectant) Lactitol (sweetener, humectant) Xylitol (sweetener, humectant, stabiliser) Erythritol (humectant, sweetener) Choline salts (emulsifier) a-amylase (enzyme) Proteases (papain, bromelain, ficin) (stabiliser, enzyme) Glucose oxidase (antioxidant) Lipases (enzyme) Lysozyme (enzyme, preservative) Polydextrose (humectant, bulking agent, stabiliser, thickener) Polyvinylpyrrolidone (stabiliser) Dextrin roasted starch (thickener, stabiliser) Acid treated starch (thickener, stabiliser) Alkaline treated starch (thickener, stabiliser) Bleached starch (thickener, stabiliser) Oxidised starch (thickener, stabiliser) Enzyme treated starches (thickener, stabiliser) Monostarch phosphate (thickener, stabiliser) Distarch phosphate (thickener, stabiliser) Phosphated distarch phosphate (thickener, stabiliser) Acetylated distarch phosphate (thickener, stabiliser) Starch acetate esterified with acetic anhydride (thickener, stabiliser) Acetylated distarch adipate (thickener, stabiliser) Hydroxypropyl starch (thickener, stabiliser) Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate (thickener, stabiliser) Starch sodium octenylsuccinate (thickener, stabiliser) Triethyl citrate (antifoaming agent) Triacetin (humectant) Propylene glycol (humectant) Polyethylene glycol 8000 (antifoaming agent)