Additive categories

• acidity regulators
• anti-caking agents
• anti-foaming
• antioxidants
• bulking agents
• carriers
• colours
• emulsifiers
• emulsifying salts
• firming agent
• flavour enhancers
• flour treatment agents
• foaming agents
• gelling agents
• glazing agents
• humectants
• modified starches
• packaging gases
• preservatives
• propellants
• raising agents
• sequestrant
• solvents
• stabilisers
• sweetener
• thickeners

Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.

Code	Material	CEFF approved
E 322	Lecithins	Yes
E 331	Sodium citrates	Yes
E 335	Sodium tartrates	Yes
E 337	Sodium potassium tartrate	Yes
E 339	Sodium phosphates	Yes
E 340	Potassium phosphates	Yes
E 400	Alginic acid	Yes
E 402	Potassium alginate	Yes
E 403	Ammonium alginate	Yes
E 405	Propane-1,2-diol alginate	Yes
E 406	Agar	Yes
E 412	Guar gum	Yes
E 413	Tragacanth	Yes
E 414	Acacia gum; gum arabic	Yes
E 416	Karaya gum	Yes
E 420	Sorbitol, Sorbitol syrup	No
E 426	Soybean hemicellulose	Yes
E 431	Polyoxyethene (40) stearate	Yes
E 432	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate; Polysorbate 20	Yes
E 433	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-oleate; Polysorbate 80	Yes
E 434	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate; Polysorbate 40	Yes
E 435	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate; (Polysorbate 60, Tween 60)	Yes
E 436	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate; (Polysorbate 65, Tween 65)	Yes
E 442	Ammonium phosphatides	Yes
E 444	Sucrose acetate isobutyrate	Yes
E 445	Glycerol esters of wood rosins	Yes
E 450	Diphosphates	Yes
E 452	Polyphosphates	Yes
E 460	Glycerol esters of wood rosins	Yes
E 461	Methyl cellulose	Yes
E 462	Ethyl cellulose	Yes
E 463	Hydroxypropyl cellulose	Yes
E 464	Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose	Yes
E 465	Ethyl methyl cellulose	Yes
E 466	Carboxy methyl cellulose	Yes
E 469	Enzymatically hydrolysed carboxy methyl cellulose	Yes
E 470 (a)	Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids	Yes
E 470 (b)	Magnesium salts of fatty acids	Yes
E 471	Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids	Yes
E 472	Acetic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids	Yes
E 473	Sucrose esters of fatty acids	Yes
E 474	Sucroglycerides	Yes
E 475	Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids	Yes
E 476	Polyglycerol polyricinoleate	Yes
E 477	Propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids	Yes
E 479 b	Thermally oxidised soya bean oil interacted with mono	Yes
E 481	Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate	Yes
E 482	Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate	Yes
E 491	Sorbitan monostearate	Yes
E 492	tristearate	Yes
E 493	Sorbitan monolaurate	Yes
E 494	Sorbitan monooleate	Yes
E 495	Sorbitan monopalmitate	Yes
E 540		Yes
E 541	Sodium aluminium phosphate	Yes
E 543		Yes
E 545		Yes
E 546		Yes
E 572		Yes
E 900	Dimethylpolysiloxane	Yes
E 921		Yes
E 965	(i) Maltitol, (ii) Maltitol syrup	No
E 967	Xylitol	Yes
E 968	Erythritol	Yes
E 1201	Polyvinylpyrrolidone	Yes
E 1520	Propan-1,2-diol; propylene glycol	Yes