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 3,001–3,100 of 3,940
- OCTYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL GALLATE— ANTIOXIDANT
- OCTYL HEPTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL ISOVALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL OCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OCTYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OITICICA OIL
- OLEIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT,<br /> WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
- OLEIC ACID, FROM TALL OIL FATTY ACIDS— FORMULATION AID,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- OLESTRA
- OLEYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OLIBANUM, ABSOLUTE (BOSWELLIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OLIBANUM, GUM, RESIN (BOSWELLIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OLIBANUM, OIL (BOSWELLIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OLIBANUM, RESINOID (BOSWELLIA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OMEGA-6-HEXADECENLACTONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OMEGA-PENTADECALACTONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ONION, OIL (ALLIUM CEPA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OPOPANAX TINCTURE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OPOPANAX, GUM— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OPOPANAX, NON-SPECIFIC
- OPOPANAX, OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE B— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- ORANGE ESSENCE OIL, NATURAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE ESSENCE, NATURAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE FLOWERS, ABSOLUTE (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE FLOWERS, BITTER (CITRUS AURANTIUM L)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE LEAF, ABSOLUTE (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE PEEL— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- ORANGE PEEL, BITTER, EXTRACT (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE PEEL, BITTER, OIL (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE PEEL, SWEET, EXTRACT (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE PEEL, SWEET, OIL (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE PEEL, SWEET, OIL, TERPENELESS (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE, EXTRACT
- ORANGE, JUICE— PH CONTROL AGENT
- ORANGE, OIL, DISTILLED (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORANGE, OIL, TERPENELESS (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OREGANO (LIPPIA SPP., USUALLY L. GRAVEOLENS HBK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OREGANO (OTHER GENERA INCLUDING COLEUS, LANTANA AND HYPTIS)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OREGANO, EUROPEAN (ORIGANUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORIGANUM OIL (EXTRACTIVE)(THYMUS CAPITATUS HOFF. ET LINK)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORIN LACTONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORRIS ROOT, EXTRACT (IRIS FLORENTINA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ORRIS, CONCRETE, LIQUID, OIL (IRIS FLORENTINA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OSMANTHUS ABSOLUTE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- OX BILE EXTRACT— SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- OXIRANE (CHLOROMETHYL)-, POLYMER WITH AMMONIA, REACTION PRODUCT WITH CHLOROMETHANE— PROCESSING AID
- OXYSTEARIN— PROCESSING AID,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- OZONE— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
- P-4000--PROHIBITED— NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
- P-AMINOBENZOIC ACID— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- P-CRESOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-CYMENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-DIMETHOXYBENZENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-ETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-ETHYLPHENOL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- P-ISOPROPYLACETOPHENONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-ISOPROPYLBENZYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-ISOPROPYLPHENYLACETALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTH-1-EN-3-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTH-1-EN-9-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTH-1-ENE-9-AL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTH-3-EN-1-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-7-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTHA-8-THIOL-3-ONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTHAN-2-ONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTHAN-7-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-MENTHANE-3,8-DIOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-METHOXY-ALPHA-METHYLCINNAMALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-METHYLANISOLE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-METHYLCINNAMALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-PROPYLANISOLE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-PROPYLPHENOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL 3-METHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL LAURATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL OCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-TOLYLACETALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P-VINYLPHENOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P,ALPHA-DIMETHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P,ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- P,ALPHA,ALPHA-TRIMETHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PALMITIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- PANCREATIN
- PANSY (VIOLA TRICOLOR L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PAPAIN (CARICA PAPAYA L.)— ENZYME,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- PAPRIKA (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PARAFFIN AND SUCCINIC DERIVATIVES, SYNTHETIC— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
- PARAFFIN WAX— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- PARALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PARMESAN CHEESE, REGGIANO CHEESE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- PARSLEY (PETROSELINUM SPP.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT