Download a printable list of food additives to stick on the back of your pantry door. These are substances you should not be putting into (or onto) your body, as they have been linked to Hyper-activity, Asthma, and Cancer. Stay safe by reading labels when purchasing foods, cosmetics, etc.
| Additive Number | Name of Food Additive | Hyper activity | Asthma | Cancer |
| 102 & E102 | Tartrazine (food color) | H | A | C |
| 104 & E104 | Quinoline Yellow (food color) | H | A | C |
| 107 & E107 | Yellow 2G (food color) | H | A | C |
| 110 & E110 | Sunset Yellow (Yellow food color #6) | H | A | C |
| 120 & E120 | Carmines, Cochineal (food color) | H | A | – |
| 122 & E122 | Azorubine, Carmoisine (food color) | H | A | C |
| 123 & E123 | Amaranth (Red food color #2) | H | A | C |
| 124 & E124 | Ponceau, Brilliant Scarlet (food color) | H | A | C |
| 127 & E127 | Erythrosine (Red food color #2) | H | A | C |
| E128 | Red 2G (Red food color) | H | A | C |
| 129 & E129 | Allura Red AC (food color) | H | A | C |
| E131 | Patent Blue (food color) | H | A | C |
| 132 & E132 | Indigotine, Indigo Carmine (food color) | H | A | C |
| 133 & E133 | Brilliant Blue (food color) | H | A | C |
| 142 & E142 | Acid Brilliant Green, Green S, Food Green (food color) | H | A | – |
| 143 | Fast Green (food color) | – | A | – |
| 150 & E150 | Caramel (food color) | H | – | – |
| 151 & E151 | Activated Vegetable Carbons, Brilliant Black (food color) | H | A | C |
| 154 | Food Brown, Kipper Brown, Brown FK (food color) | H | A | C |
| 155 & E155 | Chocolate Brown HT, Brown HT (food color) | H | A | C |
| 160b & E160b | Bixin, Norbixin, Annatto Extracts (yellow, red to brown natural colors) | H | A | – |
| E171 | Titanium Dioxide, TiO2 (to give foods an opaque color). | ? | ? | ? |
| E173 | Aluminium (preservatives) | – | – | C |
| E180 | Latol Rubine, Pigment Rubine (preservatives) | H | A | C |
| 200 & E200-203 |
Potassium & Calcium Sorbates ,Sorbic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | – |
| 210 & E210 | Benzoic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | – |
| 211 & E211 | Sodium Benzoate (preservatives) | H | A | C |
| 212 & E212 | Potassium Benzoate (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 213 & E213 | Calcium Benzoate (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E214 | Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E215 | Sodium Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 216 & E216 | Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate, Propylparaben (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E217 | Sodium Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 220 & E220 | Sulphur Dioxide also Sulfur dioxide (preservatives) | H | A | – |
| 221 & E221 | Sodium Sulfite or Sodium Sulphite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 222 | Sodium Bisulfite or Sodium Bisulphite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 223 & E223 | Sodium Metabisulfite or Sodium Metabisulphite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 224 & E224 | Potassium Metabisulphite or Potassium Metabisulfite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 225 & E225 | Potassium Sulfite or Potassium Sulphite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E226 | Calcium Sulfite or Calcium Sulphite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E227 | Calcium Hydrogen Sulphite or Calcium Hydrogen Sulfite (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| E228 | Potassium Bisulfite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulfite or Potassium Bisulphite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulphite (preservatives) | H | A | – |
| E230 | Diphenyl, Biphenyl (preservatives) | – | – | C |
| E231 | Orthophenyl Phenol (preservatives) | – | – | C |
| E236 | Formic Acid (preservative) | – | – | C |
| E239 | Hexamine, Hexamethylene Tetramine (preservatives) | – | – | C |
| 249 & E249 | Potassium Nitrate (preservative) | – | A | C |
| 250 & E250 | Sodium Nitrite (preservative) | H | A | C |
| 251 & E251 | Sodium Nitrate (preservative) | H | – | C |
| 252 & E252 | Potassium Nitrate (preservative) | H | – | C |
| 260 & E260 | Acetic Acid, Glacial (preservatives) | – | A | – |
| 280 to 283 | Calcium or Potassium or Sodium Propionates, Propionic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | – |
| 310 & E310 | Propyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | – | A | C |
| 311 & E311 | Octyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | – | A | – |
| 312 & E312 | Dodecyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | – | A | – |
| 319 & E319 | TBHQ, Tert Butylhydroquinone (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | – |
| 320 & E320 | Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | C |
| 321 & E321 | Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) or Butylhydroxytoluene (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | C |
| 330 & E330 | Citric Acid (NOT DANGEROUS if naturally occurring e330 & 330 citric acid additive – but other can contain sulfites and mold, explained earlier in the article above this table and the printable version link.) | – | – | – |
| 407 & E407 | Carrageenan (Thickening & Stabilizing Agent) | – | A | C |
| 413 & E413 | Tragacanth (thickener & Emulsifier) | – | A | – |
| 414 & E414 | Acacia Gum (Food Stabilizer) | – | A | – |
| 416 | Karaya Gum (Laxative, Food Thickener & Emulsifier) | – | A | – |
| 421 & E421 | Mannitol (Artificial Sweetener) | H | – | – |
| 430 | Polyxyethylene Stearate (Emulsifier) | – | – | C |
| 431 | Polyxyl Stearate (Emulsifier) | – | – | C |
| E432 – E435 | Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate (Emulsifiers Gelling Stabilisers Thickeners Agents) | – | – | C |
| 433 – 436 | Polysorbate (Emulsifiers) | – | – | C |
| 441 & E441 | Gelatine (Food Gelling Agent) | – | A | – |
| 466 | Sodium CarboxyMethyl Cellulose | – | – | C |
| 507 & E507 | Hydrochloric Acid (Hydrolyzing Enhancer & Gelatin Production) | – | – | C |
| 518 & E518 | Magnesium Sulphate (Tofu Coagulant) | – | – | C |
| 536 & E536 | Potassium Ferrocyanide (Anti Caking Agent) | – | A | – |
| 553 & E553 & E553b | Talc (Anti Caking, Filling, Softener, Agent) | – | – | C |
| 620 – 625 | MSG Monosodium Glutamate, Glutamic Acid, all Glutamates (Flavour Enhancers). MSG can be referred to by varieties of other names. | H | A | – |
| 627 & E627 | Disodium Guanylate (Flavour Enhancers) | H | A | – |
| 631 & E631 | Disodium Inosinate 5 (Flavour Enhancers) | – | A | – |
| 635 & E635 | Disodium Ribonucleotides 5 (Flavour Enhancers) | – | A | – |
| 903 & E903 | Camauba Wax (used in Chewing Gums, Coating and Glazing Agents) | – | – | C |
| 905 & 905 a,b,c | Paraffin and Vaseline, White Mineral Oil (Solvents, Coating and Glazing, Anti Foaming Agents, Lubricant in Chewing Gums) | – | – | C |
| 924 & E924 | Potassium Bromate (Agent used in Bleaching Flour) | – | – | C |
| 925 & E925 | Chlorine (Agent used in Bleaching Flour, Bread Enhancer and Stabiliser) | – | – | C |
| 926 | Chlorine Dioxide (Bleaching Flour and Preservative Agent) | – | – | C |
| 928 & E928 | Benzoyl Peroxide (Bleaching Flour and Bread enhancer Agent) | – | A | – |
| 950 & E950 | Potassium Acesulphame (Sweetener) | – | – | C |
| 951 | Aspartame (Sweetener) | H | A | – |
| 952 & E952 | Cyclamate and Cyclamic Acid (Sweeteners) | – | – | C |
| 954 & E954 | Saccharine (Sweetener) | – | – | C |
| 1202 & E1202 | Insoluble Polyvinylpyrrolidone Insoluble (Stabiliser and Clarifying Agent added to Wine, Beer, Pharmaceuticals) | – | – | C |
| 1403 | Bleached Starch (Thickener and Stabiliser) | – | A | – |
Download a printable list of food additives to stick on the back of your pantry door.
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