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 3,101–3,200 of 3,940
- PARSLEY, OIL (PETROSELINUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PARSLEY, OLEORESIN (PETROSELINUM SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PASSION FLOWER (PASSIFLORA INCARNATA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PASSION FLOWER EXTRACT— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PATCHOULY, OIL (POGOSTEMON SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEACH KERNEL, EXTRACT(PRUNUS PERSICA SIEB ET ZUCC.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEACH LEAVES (PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) BATSCH)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEACH LEAVES, EXTRACT (PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) BATSCH)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEANUT OIL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- PEANUT STEARINE (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PECAN SHELL FLOUR— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PECTIN— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FIRMING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- PECTIN, AMIDATED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- PECTIN, MODIFIED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FIRMING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- PECTINASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER— ENZYME,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- PECTINASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS— ENZYME,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- PEG FATTY ACID ESTERS AND MONO-, DI-, AND TRIGLYCERIDES MIXTURE— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- PENDARE (COUMA MACROCARPA BARB. RODR. & COUMA UTILIS (MART.) MUELL. ARG.)— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
- PENICILLINASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS— ENZYME
- PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI
- PENNYROYAL, OIL, AMERICAN (HEDEOMA PULEGIODES (L.))— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PENNYROYAL, OIL, EUROPEAN (MENTHA PULEGIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PENT-2-ENYL HEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PENTADECANOIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PENTYL 2-FURYL KETONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PENTYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, BLACK (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- PEPPER, BLACK, OIL (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, BLACK, OLEORESIN (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, CAYENNE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, RED— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, WHITE (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, WHITE, OIL (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPER, WHITE, OLEORESIN (PIPER NIGRUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPERMINT LEAVES (MENTHA PIPERITA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPERMINT PLANT— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPPERMINT, OIL (MENTHA PIPERITA L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PEPSIN— ENZYME
- PEPTONES— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PERACETIC ACID— PH CONTROL AGENT
- perfluorohexane
- PERILLA LEAF OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PERILLALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PERILLALDEHYDE PROPYLENEGLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PERILLO— MALTING OR FERMENTING AID
- PERILLYL ACETATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PERIODIC ACID
- PETITGRAIN, LEMON, OIL (CITRUS LIMON (L.) BURM. F.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PETITGRAIN, MANDARIN, OIL (CITRUS RETICULATA BLANCO VAR. MANDARIN)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PETITGRAIN, OIL (CITRUS AURANTIUM L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PETROLATUM— LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS, ODORLESS, LIGHT— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- PETROLEUM NAPHTHA— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- PETROLEUM WAX— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- PETROLEUM WAX, SYNTHETIC— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- PHAFFIA YEAST— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- PHENETHYL 2-FUROATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL 2-METHYLBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ANTHRANILATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL BENZOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL CINNAMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL DECANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL FORMATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL HEXANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL ISOVALERATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL OCTANOATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL PHENYLACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL PROPIONATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL SALICYLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL SENECIOATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYL TIGLATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENETHYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE, CROSS-LINKED, TETRAETHYLENEPENTAMINE ACTIVATED— PROCESSING AID
- PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE, CROSS-LINKED, TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE & TETRAETHYLENEPENTAMINE ACTIVATED— PROCESSING AID
- PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE, CROSS-LINKED, TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE ACTIVATED— PROCESSING AID
- PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE, SULFITE-MODIFIED, CROSS-LINKED— PROCESSING AID
- PHENOXYACETIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYL BUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYL DISULFIDE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYL SALICYLATE— ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE 2,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE DIETHYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE DIISOBUTYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE DIMETHYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE GLYCERYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETALDEHYDE PROPYLENEGLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLACETIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHENYLETHYL MERCAPTAN— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHOSPHORIC ACID— ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FUMIGANT,<br /> MALTING OR FERMENTING AID,<br /> NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT
- PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE— PH CONTROL AGENT
- PHTHALIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- PHYTOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT