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 2,401–2,500 of 3,940
- ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL ANGELATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL ANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL BENZOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL CINNAMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL HEPTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL HEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL ISOTHIOCYANATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL N-METHYLANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYL SALICYLATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYLENE-ISOPRENE COPOLYMER— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
- ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOBUTYRIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOCYCLOCITRAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL BENZYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL ETHYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL METHYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOEUGENYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOJASMONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPARAFFINIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS, SYNTHETIC— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- ISOPENTYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPENTYLIDENEISOPENTYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPHORONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPENYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPENYLPYRAZINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL 2-METHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- ISOPROPYL BENZOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL CINNAMATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL CITRATE— SEQUESTRANT
- ISOPROPYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL HEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL ISOTHIOCYANATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL ISOVALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE
- ISOPROPYL PALMITATE
- ISOPROPYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL TIGLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXENONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPROPYLIDENEGLYCERYL 5-HYDROXYDECANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPULEGOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPULEGONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOPULEGYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOQUERCITRIN, ENZYMATICALLY MODIFIED— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOQUINOLINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOVALERALDEHYDE DIETHYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOVALERALDEHYDE GLYCERYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ISOVALERIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- IVA (ACHILLEA MOSCHATA JACQ.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- IVA, EXTRACT (ACHILLEA MOSCHATA JACQ.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JAMBU OLEORESIN— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JAPAN WAX— TEXTURIZER
- JASMINE, ABSOLUTE (JASMINUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JASMINE, CONCRETE (JASMINUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JASMINE, OIL (JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JASMINE, SPIRITUS (JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JASMONE, CIS-— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JELUTONG (DYERA COSTULATA HOOK, F. AND D. LOWII HOOK, F.)— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
- JUNIPER (BERRIES) (JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JUNIPER OIL (JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- JUNIPER, EXTRACT (JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- KARAYA, GUM (STERCULIA URENS ROXB.)— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- KELP— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- KOLA NUT, EXTRACT (COLA ACUMINATA SCHOTT ET ENDL.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- 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,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- L-ARGININE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-ASPARAGINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-ASPARTIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-BORNYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- L-CARNITINE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-CYSTEINE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FLOUR TREATING AGENT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-CYSTEINE MONOHYDROCHLORIDE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FLOUR TREATING AGENT,<br /> LEAVENING AGENT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-CYSTINE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-FENCHONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- L-GLUTAMIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT
- L-GLUTAMINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-HISTIDINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-HYDROXYPROLINE
- L-ISOLEUCINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-LEUCINE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-LIMONENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- L-LYSINE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- L-MALIC ACID— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SYNERGIST