Additives
681Browse the additives detected in Open Food Facts products, with descriptions and product counts.
E261 - Potassium acetate
Potassium acetate (KCH3COO) is the potassium salt of acetic acid.
E262 - Sodium acetates
SODIUM ACETATE, also abbreviated NaOAc,[8] is the sodium salt of acetic acid.
E262i - Sodium acetate
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E262ii - Sodium diacetate
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E263 - Calcium acetate
CALCIUM ACETATE is a chemical compound which is a calcium salt of acetic acid. Calcium acetate is used as a food additive, as a stabilizer, buffer and sequestrant, mainly in candy products.
E264 - Ammonium acetate
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E265 - Dehydroacetic acid
Dehydroacetic acid is an organic compound which has several industrial applications. The compound is classified as a pyrone derivative. It presents as an odorless, colorless to white crystalline powder, almost insolub...
E266 - Sodium dehydroacetate
Sodium dehydroacetate is a compound with the formula Na(CH3C5HO(O2)(CH3)CO). It is the sodium salt of dehydroacetic acid. It has E number E266.
E267 - Buffered vinegar
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E270 - Lactic acid
LACTIC ACID is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH(OH)CO2H. In the form of its conjugate base called lactate (this is thus different and kept as a separate ingredient). Lactic acid is chiral, consisting of two...
E280 - Propionic acid
Propionic acid (from the Greek words protos, meaning "first", and pion, meaning "fat"; also known as propanoic acid) is a naturally occurring carboxylic acid with chemical formula CH3CH2CO2H. It is a liquid with a pu...
E281 - Sodium propionate
Sodium propanoate or SODIUM PROPIONATE is the sodium salt of propionic acid.
E282 - calcium propionate
CALCIUM PROPIONATE has the formula Ca(C2H5COO)2. Calcium propionate is used as a preservative in a wide variety of products, including but not limited to:bread, other baked goods, processed meat, whey, and other dairy...
E283 - Potassium propionate
Potassium propanoate or potassium propionate has formula K(C2H5COO). Its melting point is 410 °C. It is the potassium salt of propanoic acid.
E284 - Boric acid
Boric acid, also called hydrogen borate, boracic acid, orthoboric acid and acidum boricum, is a weak, monobasic Lewis acid of boron, which is often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, neutron absorber...
E285 - Sodium tetraborate (borax)
Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white, consisting of soft colorless crystals tha...
E290 - Carbon dioxide
CARBON DIOXIDE chemical formula CO2) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.
E296 - Malic acid
MALIC ACID is an organic compound with the molecular formula C4H6O5. Malic acid has two stereoisomeric forms (L- and D-enantiomers), though only the L-isomer exists naturally.
E297 - Fumaric acid
Fumaric acid or trans-butenedioic acid is the chemical compound with the formula HO2CCH=CHCO2H. It is produced in eukaryotic organisms from succinate in complex 2 of the electron transport chain via the enzyme succina...
E300 - Ascorbic acid
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