TK19: FOOD ADDITIVE TEST KIT A
The listing of typical products is not exhaustive:
many of these additives will be found in other products.
Not all of the examples listed under "typical product" will contain the additive.
Code
E Number
Names
Function
Typical Product
Comment
FEA 1
E102
Tartrazine / FD & C Yellow No 5 /
Food Yellow 4 / CI 19140
Colour
Soft drinks, ice cream, confectionery, fish fingers, cakes, biscuits, perfume, shampoo, skin care products and cosmetics
Prohibited in Norway and Austria
FEA 2
E104
Quinoline Yellow/ Food Yellow 13 /
CI 470005
Colour
Confectionery, soft drinks
Prohibited in Norway, USA, Australia and Japan.
FEA 3
E110
Sunset Yellow / Orange Yellow 5 /
FD & C Yellow No. 6 / Food Yellow 3 /
CI 15985
Colour
Confectionery, yoghurts, packet bread crumbs, jam
Prohibited in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
FEA 4
E122
Carmosine / Azorubine / Food Red 3 /
CI 14720
Colour
Confectionery, yoghurts, ices.
Prohibited in Norway, Sweden, USA and Japan.
FEA 5
E123
Amaranth / FD & C Red 2 / Food Red 9 /
CI 16185
Colour
Confectionery
Prohibited in Norway;
restricted use in France and Italy.
FEA 6
E124
Ponceau 4R / Cochineal Red / Food Red 7 /
CI 16255
Colour
Confectionery
Prohibited in Norway and USA
FEA 7
E127
Erythrosine / FD & C Red 3 / Food Red 14 /
CI 45430
Colour
Glace cherries, custard mix, tinned meat
Prohibited in Norway
FEA 8
E128
Red 2G
Colour
Sausages, jams
Prohibited in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, USA, Canada, Japan, Switzerland and Australia
FEA 9
E131
Patent Blue V / Food Blue 5 / CI 42051
Colour
Scotch eggs
FEA 10
E132
Indigo Carmine / Indigotine /
FD & C Blue No 2 / Food Blue 1 /
CI 73015
Colour
Confectionery
Prohibited in Norway.
FEA 11
E133
Brilliant Blue FCF / FD & C Blue No 1 /
CI 42090
Colour
Confectionery, tinned processed peas, Perfume and cosmetics.
Prohibited in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
FEA 12
E142
blue S / Acid Brilliant blue BS /
Lissamine blue / Food blue 4 / CI 44090
Colour
Confectionery, tinned peas, packet bread crumbs, mint jelly.
Prohibited in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Canada and USA.
FEA 13
E151
Black PN / Brilliant Black BN / Food Black 1 / CI 28440
Colour
Black currant cheese cake, brown sauce, chocolate mousse
Prohibited in Norway, Finland, Japan, Canada and USA
FEA 14
E154
Brown FK / Chocolate Brown FK
Colour
Kippers, smoked mackerel, crisps, cooked ham
Prohibited in Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Holland.
FEA 15
E155
Brown HT / Chocolate Brown HT / CI 20285
Colour
Chocolate flavour cakes.
Prohibited in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, USA and Australia
FEA 16
E160a
Beta-Carotene
Colour
Tinned soup, soft drinks, salad cream, mayonnaise, ice cream, margarine
Laboratory manufactured or extracted from carrots using hexane.
FEA 17
E202
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Soft drinks, cakes, ready prepared sandwiches, wine
FEA 18
E210
Benzoic Acid
Preservative
Jam, beer, salad cream, margarine, manufacture of sodium benzoate, alkyd resins, plasticisers, dyestuffs pharmaceuticals
Can temporarily inhibit function of digestive enzymes; may deplete glycine levels.
FEA 19
E211
Sodium Benzoate
Preservative
Soft drinks, salad dressing, barbecue sauce, body wash, shampoo, mouth wash.
FEA 20
E223
Sodium Metabisulphate
Preservative
Lemon juice, pickles, orange squash, carton salad, alcohol, home brewing and wine making
FEA 21
E296
Malic Acid
Preservative
Soft drinks, cereal bars, fruit pie fillings
Present naturally in fruit and vegetables
FEA 22
E320
Butylated Hydroxyanisole/ BHA
Antioxidant
Confectionery, stock cubes, mayonnaise, mascara
Not permitted in food intended for young children in UK.
FEA 23
E321
Butylated Hydroxytoluene/ BHT
Antioxidant
Body wash, face wash cream, perfume, blusher, mascara, shaving cream, after shave.
Not permitted in food intended for young children in UK.
FEA 24
E330
Citric Acid
Acidity
regulator
Soft drinks, instant potato, jams, jellies, mustard, confectionery, yoghurt, cereal bars, cheese & onion rolls, hair conditioner, shampoo, body wash, baby bath, cleanser, foundation, after shave, cough mixtures, cough lozenges, descaling cleaners
Naturally in citrus fruit and other ripe fruit.
Manufactured by the action of Aspergillus niger moulds on sugar.
FEA 25
E331
Sodium Citrate
Sequestrant
Jams, jellies, soft drinks, confectionery, shampoo
FEA 26
E334
Tartaric Acid
Sequestrant
Cakes, baking powder, jams.
FEA 27
E466
Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose
Thickener
Ice cream, cakes, puddings, soft drinks, toothpaste, suspending and dispersing agent in drugs.
Manufactured by treating cellulose from wood pulp with sodium hydroxide and then sodium monochloroacetate.
FEA 28
E500
Sodium Bicarbonate
Raising
agent
Biscuits, cakes, antacids
FEA 29
E621
Monosodium Glutamate
Flavour
enhancer
Processed meat products, gravy powder, stock cubes, tinned soup, packet sauce, crisps
Prepared from natural or synthetic L-glutamic acid
FEA 30
E951
Aspartame
Artificial
sweetener
Fruit squash, fizzy drinks, low-calorie foods
FEA 31
E954
Saccharin
Artificial
sweetener
Fruit squash, fizzy drinks, low-calorie foods, pot noodles, toothpaste
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