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 2,701–2,800 of 3,940
- METHYL 2-DECENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-FUROATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-HEXENOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-HYDROXY-4-METHYLPENTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-METHYL-3-FURYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-METHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-METHYLPENTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-METHYLPHENYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-METHYLTHIOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-NONENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-NONYNOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-OCTENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-OXO-3-METHYLPENTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-PYRROLYL KETONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-THIOFUROATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 2-UNDECYNOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-(FURFURYLTHIO)PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-(METHYLTHIO)BUTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-ACETOXY-2-METHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-ACETOXYOCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-HEXENOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-HYDROXYHEXANOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-MERCAPTOBUTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-METHYL-1-BUTENYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-METHYLTHIOPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-NONENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3-PHENYLPROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 3,7-DIMETHYL-6-OCTENOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 4-(METHYLTHIO)BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 4-METHYLVALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 4-PENTENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 4-PHENYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL 9-UNDECENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ACRYLATE
- METHYL ACRYLATE--DVB-(DEG-DIVINYL ETHER), AMINOLYZED AND QUARTERNIZED, TERPOLYMER
- METHYL ACRYLATE-DIVINYLBENZENE, COMPLETELY HYDROLYZED, COPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- METHYL ACRYLATE-DVB-(DEG-DIVINYL ETHER), AMINOLYZED, TERPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- METHYL ACRYLATE-DVB-ACRYLONITRILE, COMPLETELY HYDROLYZED, TERPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- METHYL ACRYLATE-DVB(2%), COPOLYMER, AMINOLYZED WITH DMAPA— PROCESSING AID
- METHYL ACRYLATE-DVB(3.5%), COPOLYMER, AMINOLYZED WITH DMAPA— PROCESSING AID
- METHYL ALCOHOL— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- METHYL ANISATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- METHYL BENZOATE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL BENZYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL BETA-NAPHTHYL KETONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL BETA-PHENYLGLYCIDATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL CINNAMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL CIS-3-HEXENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL CIS-4-OCTENOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL CIS-5-OCTENOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL DIHYDROJASMONATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS (EDIBLE)— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
- METHYL ETHYL SULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ETHYL TRISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL FURFURACRYLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL FURFURYL DISULFIDE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL GLUCOSIDE-COCONUT OIL ESTER— PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- METHYL HEPTANOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL HEXANOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL HEXYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOBUTANETHIOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOPENTYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL ISOVALERATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL JASMONATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL LAURATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL LEVULINATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL LINOLEATE (48%) METHYL LINOLENATE (52%) MIXTURE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL MERCAPTAN— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL METHACRYLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL MYRISTATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL N-ACETYLANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL N-FORMYLANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL N-METHYLANTHRANILATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL N,N-DIMETHYLANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL NICOTINATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL NONANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL O-METHOXYBENZOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL OCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL OCTYL SULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL P-HYDROXYBENZOATE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL P-TERT-BUTYLPHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PHENETHYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PHENYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PHENYL SULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PROPENYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PROPYL DISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL PROPYL TRISULFIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- METHYL SALICYLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT