E260
ACIDITY REGULATOR
ACETIC ACID
NATURAL
LIMIT INTAKE
VINEGAR MAY CAUSE/AGGRAVATE STOMACH ULCERS.
E472a
EMULSIFIER
ACETIC ACID ESTERS OF FAT ACID
MAN MADE
HARMLESS
355
FLAVOUR
ADIPIC ACID
HEXANEDIOIC ACID
E406
THICKENING AGENT
AGAR
MADE FROM SEAWEED. ALSO CALLED JAPANESE ISINGLASS
E400
ALGINIC ACID
MADE FROM SEAWEED
129
COLOUR
ALLURA RED
DO NOT EAT !
LINKED TO CANCER. BANNED IN MANY COUNTRIES.
E307
ANTIOXIDANT
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
BENEFICIAL
VITAMIN E
E173
ALUMINIUM
BEST AVOID
MAY AFFECT NERVOUS SYSTEM. CAN TURN YOUR SKIN A STRANGE BLUE COLOUR !
556
ANTI-CAKING AGENT
ALUMINIUM CALCIUM SILICATE
AVOID
MAY AFFECT NERVOUS SYSTEM.
554
ALUMINIUM SODIUM SILICATE
NATURAL/MAN MADE
MAY AFFECT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
E123
AMARANTH
DO NOT EAT THIS !!
RED COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN & ASTHMATICS. CAUSES SKIN RASH. LINKED TO CANCER.
E440b
AMIDATED PECTIN
E403
AMMONIUM ALGINATE
500
RAISING AGENT
AMMONIUM CARBONATE
CAN UPSET STOMACH. ALSO BAKING POWDER, SODIUM BICARBONATE
510
YEAST NUTRIENTS
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
DO NOT TAKE IF YOU SUFFER FROM KIDNEY/LIVER PROBLEMS.
380
AMMONIUM CITRATE
381
IRON SUPPLEMENT
AMMONIUM FERRIC CITRATE
503
AMMONIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE
CAN CAUSE FLATULENCE. ALSO CALLED HARTSHORN.
527
ACIDITY REDUCER
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
USED IN PROCESSING
442
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATIDES
545
AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES
CONTROL INTAKE
E160b
ANNATTO
YELLOW COLOR. ALSO BIXIN & NORBIXIN. AVOID GIVING TO BABIES/CHILDREN, MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY.
E163
ANTHOCYANINS
GENERALLY OK
RED BLUE AND VIOLET COLOR. ASTHMATICS TO AVOID.
E300
ASCORBIC ACID
VITAMIN C
E304
ASCORBYL PALMITATE
927
FLOUR IMPROVER
AZODICARBONAMIDE
LOW QUANTITIES IN FINAL PRODUCT
901
GLAZE
BEESWAX
558
BENTONITE
E210
PRESERVATIVE
BENZOIC ACID
NOT FOR ASHMATICS OR BABIES/CHILDREN. MAY CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE.
E160e
BETA CAROTENAL
ORANGE COLOR
E162
BETANIN
RED COLOR FROM BEETROOT. ALSO CALLED BETANIDIN.
E230
BIPHENYL, DIPHENYL
USED ON SKIN OF FRUIT. NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN. CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF SKIN.
E151
BLACK PN
BANNED IN THE USA. DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN/BABIES. MAY CAUSE INTESTINAL CYSTS. ALSO CALLED BRILLIANT BLACK.
542
BONE PHOSPHATE
133
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF
BLUE COLOR, DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN/BABIES.
154
BROWN FK
ALSO KIPPER BROWN, FOOD BROWN. BANNED IN THE USA & MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. CAN CAUSE GENETIC MUTATIONS.
155
BROWN HT
BANNED IN THE USA & MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. CAN CROSS THE PLACENTA, ITS EFFECT ON THE HUMAN EMBRYO IS NOT KNOWN.
E263
CALCIUM ACETATE
E404
CALCIUM ALGINATE
E302
CALCIUM ASCORBATE
SYNTHETIC VITAMIN C. AVOID IF YOU HAVE KIDNEY PROBLEMS.
E213
CALCIUM BENZOATE
AVIOD
NOT FOR ASHMATICS OR BABIES/CHILDREN.
E170
CALCIUM CARBONATE
CHALK
509
EXTRA BODY
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
E333
CALCIUM CITRATE
385
REMOVES TRACE METALS
CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA
MAY DAMAGE KIDNEYS.
E238
CALCIUM FORMATE
578
CALCIUM GLUCONATE
623
FLAVOUR IMPROVER
CALCIUM GLUTAMATE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES. USED AS A SALT SUBSTITUTE
E227
CALCIUM HYDROGEN SULPHITE
NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN OR IF YOU SUFFER FROM KIDNEY/LIVER PROBLEMS . CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF STOMACH. MUST NOT BE TAKEN BY ASTHMATICS.
526
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
E327
CALCIUM LACTATE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES
352
SEASONING
CALCIUM MALATE
E341b
CALCIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE
529
CALCIUM OXIDE
ALSO CALLED QUICKLIME
E341c
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE
544
CALCIUM POLYPHOSPHATES
E282
CALCIUM PROPIONIC
CAN CAUSE BAD HEADACHES. BANNED IN SOME FOOD INDUSTRIES. (esp. BAKERIES)
552
CALCIUM SILICATE
E203
CALCIUM SORBATE
E482
CALCIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE
516
CALCIUM SULPHATE
ALSO CALLED GYPSUM & PLASTER OF PARIS.
E226
CALCIUM SULPHITE
E161g
CANTHAXANTHIN
MAN MADE/NATURAL
ORANGE COLOR, MAY CAUSE SPOTTING OF RETINA
E160c
CAPSANTHIN
RED COLOR FROM PAPRIKA. ALSO CALLED CAPSORUBIN.
E150
CARAMEL
BURNT SUGAR
VARIOUS TYPES SOME CAUSE STOMACH UPSET AND REDUCE WHITE CELL COUNT. USED IN MANY PRODUCTS. TYPES: SULPHITE AMMONIA C., AMMONIA C., CAUSTIC C. & SPIRIT
E290
CARBON DIOXIDE
E466
CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SALT
ALSO CALLED CARMELLOSE SODIUM
E122
CARMOISINE
RED COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN & ASTHMATICS. MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY. CAUSES SKIN RASH. ALSO CALLED AZORUBINE.
903
CARNAUBA WAX
E410
CAROB GUM
ALSO CALLED LOCUST BEAN GUM & CERATONIA GUM.
E160a
CAROTENE
ALPHA-CAROTENE, BETA-CAROTENE, GAMMA-CAROTENE. USE AS VITAMIN SOURCE TO BE CONTROLLED FOR BABIES & CHILDREN, DO NOT EXCEED NORMAL VITAMIN DOSE.
E407
CARRAGEENAN
LIMIT USE
MADE FROM SEAWEED. LIMIT INTAKE AS IT MAY BE LINKED TO CANCER OF THE COLON.
E460
CELLULOSE
ALSO MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE & ALPHA-CELLULOSE
925
CHLORINE
MAN /NATURAL
USED TO BLEACH FLOUR. AVOID EATING.
926
CHLORINE DIOXIDE
E140
CHLOROPHYLL
NATURAL SOURCES
GREEN COLOR
E141
CHLOROPHYLL COPPER COMPLEX
NOT THOUGHT HARMFUL
ALSO CALLED COPPER PHAEOPHYTINS.
E330
CITRIC ACID
E472c
CITRIC ACID ESTERS OF FAT ACID
E120
COCHINEAL
AVOID THIS PRODUCT
RED COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN, MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY. MADE FROM PREGNANT SCALE INSECTS !! ALSO CALLED CARMINIC ACID OR NATURAL RED
E161c
CRYPTOXANTHIN
YELLOW COLOR
E100
CURCUMIN
MADE FROM TUMERIC ROOT, USED EXTENSIVELY IN INDIAN DISHES SUCH AS PILLAU RICE
E309
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL
540
DICALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
900
DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE
MAY CONTAIN CANCER FORMING SUBSTANCES.
E340b
DIPOTASSIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE
E331b
DISODIUM CITRATE
E450a1
STABILIZER
DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE
E312
DODECYL GALLATE
DO NOT GIVE TO ASTHMATICS OR BABIES/CHILDREN.
E127
ERYTHROSINE
RED COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN & ASTHMATICS. BANNED IN THE USA. LINKED TO CANCER OF THE THYROID GLAND.
E475
ESTERS OF CASTOR OIL
E478
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
E215
ETHYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE, SALT
NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN. CAN CAUSE SKIN RASH.
E214
ETHYL BENZOATE
E160f
ETHYL ESTER CAROTENIOC ACID
637
ETHYL MALTOL
E465
ETHYLMETHYLCELLULOSE
478
FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
E470
FATTY ACID SALTS
E161a
FLAVOXANTHIN, XANTHOPHYLLS
E236
FORMIC ACID, METHANOIC ACID
BANNED IN THE UK. CAN CAUSE URINARY TRACT DISORDERS.
297
FUMARIC ACID
E308
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
575
GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE
620
GLUTAMIC ACID
NATURAL/ MAN MADE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES. NOT USED IN USA.
E471
GLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACID
E422
WATER RETAINER
GLYCEROL, GLYCERIN
MILD LAXATIVE.
E405
GLYCOL ALGINATE
E175
GOLD
DON'T EAT IT, INVEST IT !
E142
GREEN S
CAN DAMAGE THYROID GLAND AND CAUSE ANAEMIA. ALSO CALLED ACID BRILLIANT GREEN & LISSAMINE GREEN.
E412
GUAR GUM
LIMIT INTAKE. MAY CAUSE FLATULENCE. ALSO JAGUAR GUM, CLUSTER BEAN & GUAR FLOUR.
E414
GUM ARABIC
ALSO CALLED KORDOFAN GUM, GUM HASHAB, ACACIA AND SUDAN GUM.
370
ACIDS
HEPTONOLACTONE
E239
HEXAMINE
LINKED TO CANCER AND GENE MUTATION.
507
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
E320
HYDROXYANISOLE (BHA)
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/CHILDREN. MAY CAUSE STOMACH CANCER. MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY.
E231
HYDROXYBIPHENYL
E436
HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE
E463
E321
HYDROXYTOLUENE (BHT)
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/CHILDREN. MAY CAUSE STOMACH CANCER. MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN.
E464
HYPROMELLOSE
ALSO CALLED HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE
E132
INDIGO CARMINE
BLUE COLOR, CAUSES SICKNESS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND TREMORS. MAY AFFECT BREATHING. ALSO CALLED INDIGOTINE.
E172
IRON OXIDE
559
ALUMINIUM SILICATE, KAOLIN
416
KARAYA GUM
ALSO INDIAN TRAGACANTH & STERCULIA GUM
920
L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE
E270
LACTIC ACID
E472b
LACTIC ACID ESTERS OF FAT ACID
E322
LECITHIN
E161b
LUTEIN
E160d
LYCOPENE
POSSIBLY OK
RED COLOR NOT FULLY EVALUATED
504
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE
CAN CAUSE FLATULENCE. ALSO CALLED MAGNESITE.
528
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
530
MAGNESIUM OXIDE
553a
MAGNESIUM SILICATE
572
MAGNESIUM STEARATE
518
MAGNESIUM SULPHATE
DO NOT TAKE IF YOUR KIDNEYS ARE IMPAIRED. ALSO CALLED EPSON SALTS OR EPSOMITE
296
MALIC ACID
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES / CHILDREN
636
MALTOL
E421
MANNITOL
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES / CHILDREN. MAY CAUSE HYPERSENSITIVITY. ALSO CALLED MANNA SUGAR.
353
METATARTARIC ACID
E218
METHYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE
NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN & ASTHMATICS. CAN CAUSE SKIN RASH.
E219
METHYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE, SALT
NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN . CAN CAUSE SKIN RASH.
E461
METHYLCELLULOSE
CAUSES FLATULENCE. ALSO CALLED METHOCEL & COLOGEL
907
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX
MAY CAUSE CANCER.
905
MINERAL HYDROCARBON
MAY CAUSE BOWEL CANCER.
622
MONO POTASSIUM GLUTAMATE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES.
621
MONO SODIUM GLUTAMATE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES. NOT USED IN BABY FOODS IN USA. WIDELY USED IN CHINESE COOKING. ALSO CALLED VETSIN OR TASTE POWDER.
E341a
MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE
E336
MONOPOTASSIUM TARTRATE
CREAM OF TARTAR
375
NICOTINIC ACID, NIACIN
VITAMIN B. ALSO CALLED NICOTINAMIDE.
234
NISIN
ANTIBIOTIC
E311
OCTYL GALLATE
E338
PHOSPHORIC ACID
ORTHOPHOSPHORIC ACID
E131
PATENT BLUE V
CAUSES SICKNESS LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND TREMORS.
E440a
PECTIN, AMIDATED PECTIN
MAY CAUSE FLATULENCE. A MILD EXPLOSION BETWEEN THE LEGS FOLLOWED BY A STRANGE ORDOUR.
476
POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE
431
POLYOXYETHYLENE 40 STEARATE
430
POLYOXYETHYLENE 8  STEARATE
MAY CAUSE KIDNEY STONES.
E124
PONCEAU
RED COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN & ASTHMATICS.
E261
POTASSIUM ACETATE
E402
POTASSIUM ALGINIC
MADE FROM SEAWEED. ALSO CALLED POTASSIUM POLYMANNURONATE
E212
POTASSIUM BENZOATE
924
POTASSIUM BROMATE
501
POTASSIUM CARBONATE
508
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
MAY CAUSE STOMACH ULCERS.
577
POTASSIUM GLUCONATE
536
POTASSIUM HEXACYANOFERRATE
MAY REDUCE OXYGEN IN BLOOD STREAM.
525
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
E326
POTASSIUM LACTATE
351
POTASSIUM MALATE
E224
POTASSIUM METABISULPHATE
NOT FOR BABIES/CHILDREN OR SUFFERERS OF KIDNEY/LIVER PROBLEMS. MUST NOT BE TAKEN BY ASTHMATICS.
E252
POTASSIUM NITRATE
REDUCES OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY OF YOUR BLOOD. LINKED TO CANCER. ALSO CALLED SALTPETRE.
E249
POTASSIUM NITRITE
REDUCES OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY OF YOUR BLOOD.
E340a
POTASSIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE
MAY UPSET BALANCE OF CALCIUM/PHOSPHOROUS IN BODY.
E283
POTASSIUM PROPIONIC
CAN CAUSE BAD HEADACHES.
E337
POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE
ROCHELLE SALT
E202
POTASSIUM SORBATE
515
SALT SUBSTITUTE
POTASSIUM SULPHATE
E477
PROPANE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS
E280
PROPIONIC ACID
E216
PROPYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE
E217
PROPYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE, SALT
E310
PROPYL GALLATE
E104
QUINOLINE
YELLOW COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN
128
RED 2G
DO NOT EAT THIS !
CAN CAUSE ANAEMIA. DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN/BABIES.
E161f
RHODOXANTHIN
EEC PROPOSAL TO BAN ITS USE
E101
RIBOFLAVIN
YELLOW / ORANGE COLOR. ALSO CALLED LACTOFLAVIN, VITAMIN B2.
E180
RUBINE, LITHOL RUBINE
RED COLOUR OF EDAM CHEESE RIND. DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/CHILDREN MAY CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY.
E161d
RUBIXANTHIN
904
SHELLAC
CONSTITUENT PART OF FRENCH POLISH. MADE FROM SCALE INSECTS.
551
SILICON DIOXIDE, SILICA
E174
SILVER
CAN TURN YOUR SKIN A STRANGE BLUE COLOUR !
262
SODIUM ACETATE
STABILIZES ACID
E401
SODIUM ALGINIC
541
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE
E301
SODIUM ASCORBATE
SYNTHETIC VITAMIN C
E211
SODIUM BENZOATE
E232
SODIUM BIPHENYL
E222
SODIUM BISULPHITE
E331a
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE
E237
SODIUM FORMATE
576
SODIUM GLUCONATE
627
SODIUM GUANYLATE
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES. DO NOT TAKE IF YOU SUFFER FROM GOUT.
535
SODIUM HEXACYANOFERRATE
E262
SODIUM HYDROGEN DIACETATE
350
SODIUM HYDROGEN MALATE
E339
SODIUM HYDROGEN ORTHOPHOSPHATE
MAN AMDE
524
ACID NEUTRALISER
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
ALSO CALLED CAUSTIC SODA OR LYE.
631
SODIUM INOSINATE
E325
SODIUM LACTATE
HARMLESS MOSTLY
E223
SODIUM METABISULPHITE
E251
SODIUM NITRATE
REDUCES OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY OF YOUR BLOOD. LINKED TO CANCER. ALSO CALLED CHILE SALTPETRE.
E250
SODIUM NITRITE
REDUCES OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY OF YOUR BLOOD. LINKED TO CANCER.
E450c
SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATES
HIGH INTAKE MAY CAUSE KIDNEY STONES
E281
SODIUM PROPIONIC
635
SODIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDE
E201
SODIUM SORBATE
E481
SODIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE
514
DISSOLVER
SODIUM SULPHATE, GLAUBER SALT
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES. AVOID IF YOU HAVE KIDNEY/LIVER PROBLEMS.
E221
SODIUM SULPHITE
E335
SODIUM TARTRATE
E450b
SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE
E200
SORBIC ACID
MAY CAUSE SKIN RASHES
433
SORBITAN MONO-OLEATE, TWEEN 80
494
SORBITAN MONO-OLEATE
493
SORBITAN MONOLAURATE
432
SORBITAN MONOLAURATE, TWEEN 20
434
SORBITAN MONOPALMITATE,TWEEN40
495
SORBITAN MONOPALMITATE
491
SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE
435
SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, TWEEN60
492
SORBITAN TRISTEARATE
436
SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, TWEEN65
E420
SORBITOL
DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES / CHILDREN.
570
STEARIC ACID
E483
STEARYL TARTRATE
363
SUCCINIC ACID
E474
SUCROGLYCERIDES
E473
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS
E220
SULPHUR DIOXIDE
513
SULPHURIC ACID
E110
SUNSET YELLOW
YELLOW COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN, ASTHMATICS. LINKED TO CANCER. CAUSES SICKNESS AND SKIN RASHES
553b
TALC, FRENCH CHALK
MAY CAUSE STOMACH CANCER.
E334
TARTARIC ACID
E102
TARTRAZINE
AVOID EATING THIS !!
ALSO CALLED YELLOW 5. CAUSES BLURRED VISION, SKIN RASHES AND HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN
E450a2
TETRASODIUM DIPHOSPHATE
E450a3
TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
E233
THIABENDAZOLE
AVOID IF PREGNANT
CAN DAMAGE FOETUS. (UNBORN CHILD)
E171
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
E306
TOCOPHEROL
E413
TRAGACANTH
ALSO CALLED DRAGON GUM.
E332
POTASSIUM CITRATE
E331c
TRISODIUM CITRATE, CITROSODINE
E153
VEGETABLE CARBON
BANNED IN THE USA. IMPURITIES MAY CAUSE CANCER.
E161e
VIOLOXANTHIN
E415
XANTHAN GUM
ALSO CALLED CORN SUGAR GUM
107
YELLOW 2G
YELLOW COLOR DO NOT GIVE TO BABIES/YOUNG CHILDREN, ASTHMATICS
NONE
ENZYME
RENNET
USED IN CHEESE MAKING
SWEETENERS
ACESULFAME
ASPARTAME
CALCIUM SACCHARIN
CYCLOHEXYLSULPHAMIC ACID
HYDROGENATED GLUCOSE SYRUP
ISOMALTITOL
LACTITOL
SACCHARIN
SODIUM CYCLAMATE
THAUMATIN
XYLITOL
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE
ACETYLATED DISTARCH GLYCEROL
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE
AMYLOSE & AMYLOPECTIN
BLEACHED STARCH
DISTARCH GLYCEROL
FURCELLERAN
GUM GHATTI
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE
TARA GUM
ACETONE PEROXIDE
AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE
CALCIUM IODATE
CALCIUM PEROXIDE
POTASSIUM IODATE
POTASSIUM PERSULPHATE
ANTIOXIDANTS
ANOXOMER
ASCORBYL STEARATE
DILAURY THIODIPROPIONATE
DISTEARYL THIODIPROPIONATE
ETHOXYQUIN
ETHYL PROTOCATECHUATE
GUAIAC RESIN
ISOAMYLGALLATE
ISOASCORBIC ACID
ISOPROPYL CITRATE
NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID
POTASSIUM ASCORBATE
SODIUM ERYTHORATE
SODIUM THIOSULPHATE
STANNOUS CHLORIDE
899
DIPPO TURN OFF
PAUL
DAIRY PRODUCE
ALL CHEESES
MUST AVOID
CAUSES HEADACHES AND SWEATING