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 1,801–1,900 of 3,940
- DIISOPROPYL TRISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DILAURYL THIODIPROPIONATE
- DILL (ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DILL SEED OIL(ANETHUM SOWA ROXB.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DILL SEED, INDIAN (ANETHUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DILL, OIL (ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMENTHYL GLUTARATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMERCAPTOMETHANE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYL ADIPATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYL DIALKYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE— FLOUR TREATING AGENT
- DIMETHYL DICARBONATE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
- DIMETHYL SUCCINATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYL TRISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYLAMINE
- DIMETHYLAMINE-EPICHLOROHYDRIN COPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- DIMETHYLBENZYL CARBINYL CROTONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYLBENZYL CARBINYL HEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIMETHYLETHANOLAMINE
- DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE— LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- DIOCTYL ADIPATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- DIPHENYL ETHER— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- DIPROPYL ADIPATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIPROPYL TRISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DISODIUM CITRATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- DISODIUM CYANODITHIOIMIDOCARBONATE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DISODIUM ETHYLENEBISDITHIOCARBAMATE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
- DISODIUM GUANYLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DISODIUM INOSINATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- DISODIUM SUCCINATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DITTANY (FRAXINELLA) ROOTS (DICTAMNUS ALBUS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DITTANY OF CRETE (ORIGANUM DICTAMNUS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DIVANILLIN— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-(3-AMINO-3-CARBOXYPROPYL)DIMETHYLSULFONIUM CHLORIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-ALANINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-CAMPHOR— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-CITRONELLOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-CYSTINE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- DL-ISOLEUCINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-ISOMENTHONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-LIMONENE
- DL-METHIONINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- DL-PHENYLALANINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DL-VALINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- DODECANAL DIMETHYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DODECYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DODECYL GALLATE— ANTIOXIDANT
- DODECYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DODECYL LACTATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DODECYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DOG GRASS, EXTRACT (AGROPYRON REPENS (L.) BEAUV.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DRAGON'S BLOOD, EXTRACT (DAEMONOROPS SPP. OR OTHER BOTANICAL SOURCES)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DRIED ALGAE MEAL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- DULCIN--PROHIBITED— NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
- EDTA, CALCIUM DISODIUM— ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FUMIGANT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT
- EDTA, DISODIUM— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- EDTA, DISODIUM IRON— SEQUESTRANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- EDTA, TETRASODIUM— BOILER WATER ADDITIVE,<br /> WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
- EGG WHITE LYSOZYME— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> ENZYME
- ELDER FLOWERS (SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS L. OR SAMBUCUS NIGRA L.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ELDER FLOWERS, EXTRACT (SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS L. OR SAMBUCUS NIGRA L.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ELDER TREE LEAVES (SAMBUCUS NIGRA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ELECAMPANE ROOT, EXTRACT (INULA HELENIUM L.)
- ELECAMPANE ROOT, OIL (INULA HELENIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ELEMI, GUM— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ELEMI, OIL (CANARIUM SPP.)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ENZYME-MODIFIED FATS
- ENZYMES, BACTERIAL— ENZYME,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- ENZYMES, PROTEOLYTIC— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> ENZYME,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> MALTING OR FERMENTING AID,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- EPICHLOROHYDRIN CROSSLINKED WITH AMMONIA— PROCESSING AID
- EPOXYOXOPHORONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- EPSILON-DECALACTONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- EPSILON-DODECALACTONE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ERIGERON, OIL (ERIGERON CANADENSIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ERYTHORBIC ACID— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> CURING OR PICKLING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ESTERASE-LIPASE FROM MUCOR MIEHEI— ENZYME
- ESTRAGOLE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHANE-1,1-DITHIOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHANESULFONIC ACID, 2-(1-(DIFLUORO-((TRIFLUOROETHENYL)OXY)METHYL)-1,2,2,2-TETRAFLUOROETHOXY)-1,1,2,2-TETRAFLUORO-, POLYMER WITH TETRAFLUOROETHANE
- ETHANETHIOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHOXYQUIN— ANTIOXIDANT
- ETHYL (P-TOLYLOXY)ACETATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 10-UNDECENOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-(METHYLDITHIO)PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-(METHYLTHIO)ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ACETYL-3-PHENYLPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ACETYLHEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ACETYLOCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ETHYL-3-PHENYLPROPANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ETHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-ETHYLHEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-FURANPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-HEXENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-HYDROXY-3-PHENYLPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-HYDROXYETHYL SULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-MERCAPTO-2-METHYLPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-MERCAPTOPROPIONATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ETHYL 2-METHYL-3-PENTENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT