Food Additives: US vs EU Safety Comparison

37 featured additives with full US-EU comparison, plus 140 additives from the FDA Substances Added to Food inventory starting with "L".

FDA Inventory (140)

Additives from the FDA Substances Added to Food inventory. EU comparison not yet available for these entries.

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L-8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-EPOXIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-ALANINE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-ALANYL-L-GLUTAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-ARABINOSE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-ARGININE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-ASPARAGINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-ASPARTIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-BORNYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-CARNITINE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-CYSTEINE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-CYSTEINE MONOHYDROCHLORIDE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-CYSTINE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-FENCHONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-GLUTAMIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
L-GLUTAMINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-HISTIDINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-HYDROXYPROLINE
L-ISOLEUCINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-LEUCINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-LIMONENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-LYSINE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-MALIC ACID— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
L-MENTHONE 1,2-GLYCEROL KETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL (R,S)-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL 1,2-PROPYLENE GLYCOL CARBONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL ACETOACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL ETHYLENE GLYCOL CARBONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-MENTHYL LACTATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-METHIONINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-METHIONYLGLYCINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-ORNITHINE MONOCHLOROHYDRATE/ORNITHINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-PHENYLALANINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-PIPERITONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-PROLINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-RHAMNOSE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
L-SERINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-THREONINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-TRYPTOPHAN— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-TYROSINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
L-TYROSINE ETHYL ESTER HYDROCHLORIDE
L-VALINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
LABDANUM, ABSOLUTE (CISTUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LABDANUM, OIL (CISTUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LABDANUM, OLEORESIN (CISTUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LACTALBUMIN— FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
LACTALBUMIN PHOSPHATE
LACTASE FROM SACCHAROMYCES (KLUYVEROMYCES) LACTIS— ENZYME
LACTASE FROM SACCHAROMYCES FRAGILIS— ENZYME
LACTASE PREPARATION, CANDIDA PSEUDOTROPICALIS— ENZYME
LACTIC ACID— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
LACTOSE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
LACTOSE, HYDROLYZED— NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
LACTYLATED FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL AND PROPYLENE GLYCOL— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
LACTYLIC ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
LANOLIN— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
LARD— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, TEXTURIZER
LARD OIL— SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
LAUREL BERRIES (LAURUS NOBILIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAURIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
LAURIC ALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAUROYL DIETHANOLAMIDE— WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
LAURYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAURYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVANDIN ABSOLUTE
LAVANDIN, CONCRETE
LAVANDIN, OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER, ABSOLUTE (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER, CONCRETE (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER, OIL (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER, SPIKE (LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA BILL.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LAVENDER, SPIKE, OIL (LAVANDULA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LECHE CASPI (COUMA MACROCARPA BARB. RODR.)— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
LECHE DE VACA (BROSIMUM UTILE (H.B.K.) PITTIER, AND POULSENIA SPP.)— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
LECITHIN— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
LECITHIN, BENZOYL PEROXIDE MODIFIED— ANTIOXIDANT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT
LECITHIN, ENZYME-MODIFIED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT
LECITHIN, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MODIFIED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
LEEK OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON ESSENCE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON GRASS, OIL (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS DC. AND CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUSSTAPF)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON PEEL EXTRACT— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON PEEL GRANULES— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON TERPENES
LEMON VERBENA, OIL (LIPPIA CITRIODORA)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON-VERBENA (LIPPIA CITRIODORA HBK.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON, EXTRACT (CITRUS LIMON (L.) BURM. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON, JUICE— PH CONTROL AGENT
LEMON, OIL (CITRUS LIMON (L.) BURM. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEMON, OIL, TERPENELESS (CITRUS LIMON (L.) BURM. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEPIDINE
LEVULINIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LEVULOSE— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
LICORICE (GLYCYRRHIZA SPP.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LICORICE EXTRACT (GLYCYRRHIZA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
LICORICE EXTRACT POWDER (GLYCYRRHIZA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
LIGNIN
LIGNIN SODIUM SULFONATE— BOILER WATER ADDITIVE
LIGNOSULFONIC ACID— BOILER WATER ADDITIVE