Food Additives: US vs EU Safety Comparison
37 featured additives with full US-EU comparison, plus 3,940 additives from the FDA Substances Added to Food inventory.
US-EU Regulatory Divergence (21)
These additives have different regulatory status — approved in one region but banned, restricted, or under review in the other.
Azodicarbonamide (ADA)
Flour treatment agent / Dough conditioner
US
ApprovedEU
BannedBHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
Antioxidant / Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedBHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene)
Antioxidant / Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedCalcium Propionate
Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedCarrageenan
Thickener / Stabilizer
US
GRASEU
ApprovedCitric Acid
Acidity regulator / Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedErythritol
Sugar alcohol / Sweetener
US
GRASEU
ApprovedGreen 3 (Fast Green)
Color additive
US
ApprovedEU
BannedHigh Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
Sweetener
US
GRASEU
ApprovedLecithin
Emulsifier
US
GRASEU
ApprovedMono- and Diglycerides
Emulsifier
US
GRASEU
ApprovedMSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
Flavor enhancer
US
GRASEU
ApprovedPartially Hydrogenated Oils (Trans Fats)
Fat / Processing aid
US
BannedEU
RestrictedPotassium Bromate
Flour treatment agent
US
ApprovedEU
BannedPropylparaben
Preservative
US
GRASEU
BannedrBST (Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin)
Growth hormone (dairy)
US
ApprovedEU
BannedRed 3 (Erythrosine)
Color additive
US
BannedEU
ApprovedSodium Benzoate
Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedSorbic Acid and Sorbates
Preservative
US
GRASEU
ApprovedStevia (Steviol Glycosides)
Natural sweetener
US
GRASEU
ApprovedTitanium Dioxide
Color additive
US
ApprovedEU
Banned
Same Status in Both Regions (16)
- Approved
Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K)
Artificial sweetener
- Approved
Aspartame
Artificial sweetener
- Approved
Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue)
Color additive
- Approved
Blue 2 (Indigo Carmine)
Color additive
- Banned
Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO)
Emulsifier / Stabilizer
- Approved
Polysorbate 80
Emulsifier
- Approved
Red 40 (Allura Red AC)
Color additive
- Approved
Saccharin
Artificial sweetener
- Approved
Sodium Nitrate
Preservative / Color fixative
- Approved
Sodium Nitrite
Preservative / Color fixative
- Approved
Sucralose
Artificial sweetener
- Approved
Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfites
Preservative / Antioxidant
- Approved
TBHQ (Tert-Butylhydroquinone)
Antioxidant / Preservative
- Approved
Xanthan Gum
Thickener / Stabilizer
- Approved
Yellow 5 (Tartrazine)
Color additive
- Approved
Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow)
Color additive
FDA Inventory (3,940)
Additives from the FDA Substances Added to Food inventory. EU comparison not yet available for these entries.
Showing 1,601–1,700 of 3,940
- CITRONELLYL VALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CITRUS PEELS, EXTRACT (CITRUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CITRUS RED NO. 2— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- CIVET, ABSOLUTE (VIVERRA CIVETTA SCHREBER AND VIVERRA ZIBETHA SCHREBER)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLARY (SALVIA SCLAREA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLARY SAGE, ABSOLUTE
- CLARY SAGE, CONCRETE
- CLARY, OIL (SALVIA SCLAREA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLAY, ATTAPULGITE— PROCESSING AID
- CLOVE BUD, EXTRACT (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVE BUD, OIL (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVE BUD, OLEORESIN (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVE LEAF, OIL (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVE STEM, OIL (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVER (TRIFOLIUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVER HERB DISTILLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVER TOPS, RED, EXTRACT SOLID (TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVER, EXTRACT (TRIFOLIUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVER, OIL (TRIFOLIUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CLOVES (EUGENIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COBALT SULFATE--PROHIBITED WITH EXCEPTIONS— MALTING OR FERMENTING AID,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- COBALTOUS CHLORIDE--PROHIBITED
- COCA LEAF, EXTRACT (DECOCAINIZED) (ERYTHROXYLON COCA LAM.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COCHINEAL EXTRACT (COCCUS CACTI L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COCOA BUTTER SUBSTITUTE FROM COCONUT OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL OR BOTH OILS
- COCOA BUTTER SUBSTITUTE FROM PALM OIL— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- COCOA BUTTER SUBSTITUTE PRIMARILY FROM HIGH-OLEIC SAFFLOWER OR SUNFLOWER OIL— SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- COCOA EXTRACT— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COCOA WITH DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE
- COCONUT OIL— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- COCONUT OIL, REFINED
- COFFEE CONCENTRATE, PURE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COFFEE EXTRACT (COFFEA SPP.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COFFEE EXTRACT, SOLID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COGNAC, GREEN, OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COGNAC, WHITE, OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COLLAGEN— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- COMBUSTION PRODUCT GAS— PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- COPAIBA (SOUTH AMERICAN SPP. OF COPAIFERA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COPAIBA, OIL (SOUTH AMERICAN SPP. OF COPAIFERA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COPALS, MANILA
- COPPER GLUCONATE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> SYNERGIST
- COPPER SULFATE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- CORIANDER (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORIANDER LEAF OIL (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.)
- CORIANDER, OIL (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORK, OAK (QUERCUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORN ENDOSPERM OIL
- CORN GLUTEN— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- CORN MINT OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORN SILK— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORN SILK EXTRACT (ZEA MAYS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORN SILK, OIL(ZEA MAYS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CORN STEEP LIQUOR
- CORN SYRUP— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> LEAVENING AGENT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> NUTRITIVE SWEETENER,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- CORNSTARCH— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER,<br /> NUTRITIVE SWEETENER,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- CORNSTARCH, WAXY— STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- COSTMARY (CHRYSANTHEMUM BALSAMITA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COSTUS ROOT, OIL (SAUSSUREA LAPPA CLARKE)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COTTONSEED FLOUR, DEFATTED— PROCESSING AID
- COTTONSEED FLOUR, PARTIALLY DEFATTED, COOKED— PROCESSING AID
- COTTONSEED FLOUR, PARTIALLY DEFATTED, COOKED, TOASTED— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- COTTONSEED KERNELS, GLANDLESS, RAW— PROCESSING AID
- COTTONSEED KERNELS, GLANDLESS, ROASTED— PROCESSING AID
- COUMARIN--PROHIBITED— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- COUMARONE-INDENE RESINS— PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- CROWN GUM— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
- CUBEB (PIPER CUBEBA L. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUBEB, OIL (PIPER CUBEBA L. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUBEBOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUMIN (CUMINUM CYMINUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUMIN, OIL (CUMINUM CYMINUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUMINALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CUPROUS IODIDE
- CURDLAN— FORMULATION AID,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- CURRANT BUDS, BLACK, ABSOLUTE (RIBES NIGRUM L.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CURRANT JUICE, BLACK— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CURRANT LEAVES, BLACK (RIBES NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLAMATE--PROHIBITED— NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
- CYCLOHEPTADECA-9-EN-1-ONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXANE— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- CYCLOHEXANEACETIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXANEETHYL ACETATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXANONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXANONE DIETHYL KETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL ANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL CINNAMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL ISOVALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYL PROPIONATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOHEXYLAMINE— BOILER WATER ADDITIVE
- CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL PYRAZINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOIONONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOPENTANETHIOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOPENTANONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID (2-ISOPROPYL-5-METHYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-AMIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- CYCLOTENE BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT