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

Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.

Code	Material	CEFF approved
E 263	Calcium acetate	Yes
E 327	Calcium lactate	Yes
E 336	Potassium tartrates	Yes
E 339	Sodium phosphates	Yes
E 340	Potassium phosphates	Yes
E 341	Calcium phosphates	Yes
E 400	Alginic acid	Yes
E 401	Sodium alginate	Yes
E 402	Potassium alginate	Yes
E 403	Ammonium alginate	Yes
E 404	Calcium alginate	Yes
E 405	Propane-1,2-diol alginate	Yes
E 406	Agar	Yes
E 407	Carrageenan	Yes
E 407a	Processed eucheuma seaweed	Yes
E 410	Locust bean gum; carob gum	Yes
E 412	Guar gum	Yes
E 413	Tragacanth	Yes
E 414	Acacia gum; gum arabic	Yes
E 415	Xanthan gum	Yes
E 416	Karaya gum	Yes
E 417	Tara gum	Yes
E 418	Gellan gum	Yes
E 420	Sorbitol, Sorbitol syrup	No
E 422	Glycerol	Yes
E 425	Konjac	Yes
E 426	Soybean hemicellulose	Yes
E 427	Cassia gum	Yes
E 440	Pectins	Yes
E 451	Triphosphates	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 500	Sodium carbonates	Yes
E 966	Lactitol	No
E 967	Xylitol	Yes
E 968	Erythritol	Yes
E 1200	Polydextrose	Yes
E 1201	Polyvinylpyrrolidone	Yes
E 1404	Oxidised starch	Yes
E 1410	Monostarch phosphate	Yes
E 1412	Distarch phosphate	Yes
E 1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	Yes
E 1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	Yes
E 1420	Acetylated starch	Yes
E 1422	Acetylated distarch adipate	Yes
E 1440	Hydroxyl propyl starch	Yes
E 1442	Hydroxy propyl distarch phosphate	Yes
E 1450	Starch sodium octenyl succinate	Yes
E 1451	Acetylated oxidised starch	Yes
E 1452	Starch aluminium Octenyl succinate	Yes