Additives
681Browse the additives detected in Open Food Facts products, with descriptions and product counts.
E152 - Black 7984
Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethyl...
E1520 - Propylene Glycol
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E1521 - Polyethylene glycol
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a polyether compound with many applications, from industrial manufacturing to medicine. PEG is also known as polyethylene oxide (PEO) or polyoxyethylene (POE), depending on its molecular w...
E153 - Vegetable carbon
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E154 - Brown FK
Brown FK, also called Kipper Brown, Chocolate Brown FK, and C.I. Food Brown 1, is a brown mixture of six synthetic azo dyes, with addition of sodium chloride, and/or sodium sulfate. It is very soluble in water. When u...
E155 - Brown ht
Brown HT, also called Chocolate Brown HT, Food Brown 3, and C.I. 20285, is a brown synthetic coal tar diazo dye. When used as a food dye, its E number is E155. It is used to substitute cocoa or caramel as a colorant....
E15x - E15x food additive
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E160 - Carotenoids
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E160a - carotene
β-Carotene is an organic, strongly colored red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits. It is a member of the carotenes, which are terpenoids (isoprenoids), synthesized biochemically from eight isoprene units and...
E160ai - Beta-carotene
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E160aii - Plant carotenes
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E160aiii - Beta-carotene from blakeslea trispora
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E160aiv - Algal carotenes
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E160b - Annatto
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E160bi - Annatto bixin
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E160bii - Annatto norbixin
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E160c - Paprika extract
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E160d - Lycopene
Lycopene (from the neo-Latin Lycopersicum, the tomato species) is a bright red carotene and carotenoid pigment and phytochemical found in tomatoes and other red fruits and vegetables, such as red carrots, watermelons,...
E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30)
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E160f - Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30)
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