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 3,601–3,700 of 3,940
- SODIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FIRMING AGENT,<br /> FLOUR TREATING AGENT,<br /> OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- SODIUM STEARYL FUMARATE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> LEAVENING AGENT,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
- SODIUM SULFATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- SODIUM SULFIDE
- SODIUM SULFITE— ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> FLOUR TREATING AGENT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT
- SODIUM TARTRATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT
- SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE
- SODIUM THIOSULFATE— ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SODIUM ZINC METASILICATE
- SORBITAN MONOOLEATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT
- SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- SORBOSE
- soy leghemoglobin— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ENZYME ACTIVATED— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SOY PROTEIN, ISOLATE— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SOYA BEAN OIL FATTY ACIDS, HYDROXYLATED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SOYA FATTY ACID AMINE, ETHOXYLATED
- SOYBEAN OIL, EPOXIDIZED— FORMULATION AID,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SPEARMINT (MENTHA SPICATA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SPEARMINT, EXTRACT (MENTHA SPICATA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SPEARMINT, OIL (MENTHA SPICATA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SPERM OIL— SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- SPERM OIL, HYDROGENATED
- SPIKENARD EXTRACT— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SPIRO(2,4-DITHIA-1-METHYL-8-OXABICYCLO(3.3.0)OCTANE-3,3'-(1'-OXA-2'-METHYL)CYCLOPENTANE)— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- spirulina extract— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- SPRUCE NEEDLES AND TWIGS, EXTRACT (PICEA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SPRUCE NEEDLES AND TWIGS, OIL (PICEA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ST. JOHNSWORT LEAVES, FLOWERS AND CAULIS (HYPERICUM PERFORATUML.)
- STANNIC CHLORIDE
- STANNOUS CHLORIDE— ANTIOXIDANT
- STARCH, ACID MODIFIED
- STARCH, ALPHA-AMYLASE MODIFIED
- STARCH, BLEACHED
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE— DOUGH STRENGTHENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: ACETYLATED DISTARCH GLYCEROL— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: DISTARCH GLYCEROL— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: DISTARCH OXYPROPANOL— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: DISTARCH PHOSPHATE (FROM PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE)— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: DISTARCH PHOSPHATE (FROM SODIUM TRIMETAPHOSPHATE)— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH GLYCEROL— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: OXIDIZED HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: OXIDIZED STARCHES— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: STARCH ACETATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: STARCH ALUMINUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: STARCH PHOSPHATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: STARCH SODIUM SUCCINATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: SUCCINYL DISTARCH GLYCEROL— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: ACETYLATED DISTARCH OXYPROPANOL
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: BETA-AMYLASE MODIFIED STARCH
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: BETA-AMYLASE SODIUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: ISOAMYLASE MODIFIED STARCH
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED: PULLULANASE MODIFIED STARCH— ENZYME,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- STARCH, FOOD, MODIFIED:GLUCOAMYLASE MODIFIED STARCH
- STARCH, PREGELATINIZED— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STARCH, UNMODIFIED— ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT,<br /> DRYING AGENT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> LEAVENING AGENT,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- STEARIC ACID— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT,<br /> MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- STEARYL ALCOHOL— SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- STEARYL ALCOHOL, PLUS BEESWAX
- STEARYL CITRATE— ANTIOXIDANT,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- STEARYL MONOGLYCERIDYL CITRATE— STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- STORAX (LIQUIDAMBAR SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- STORAX EXTRACT (LIQUIDAMBAR SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- STORAX OIL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- STYRENE--NLFG
- STYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE COPOLYMER, CHLOROMETHYLATED, AMINATED, OXIDIZED— PROCESSING AID
- STYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE-ACRYLONITRILE, SULFONATED TERPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- STYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE-METHYL ACRYLATE, SULFONATED TERPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- STYRENE-DVB-ACRYLONITRILE-METHYL ACRYLATE, SULFONATED TETRAPOLYMER
- STYRENE, DIVINYLBENZENE, SULFONATED COPOLYMER— PROCESSING AID
- SUCCINIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT
- SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE
- SUCCINYLATED GELATIN
- SUCCINYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES— DOUGH STRENGTHENER,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> LEAVENING AGENT
- SUCCISTEARIN— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT
- SUCROSE— NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
- SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- SUCROSE FATTY ACID ESTERS— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> TEXTURIZER
- SUCROSE LIQUID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> NUTRITIVE SWEETENER,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- SUCROSE MONOPALMITATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SUCROSE OCTAACETATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER
- SUGAR BEET EXTRACT FLAVOR BASE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SUGAR BEET JUICE EXTRACT— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- SULFAMIC ACID
- SULFITES, STRONG ALKALI
- SULFITING AGENTS— ANTIOXIDANT
- SULFOPROPYL CELLULOSE
- SULFURIC ACID— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> PROCESSING AID
- SULFUROUS ACID
- SWEET BLACKBERRY LEAVES EXTRACT— FLAVOR ENHANCER
- TAGETES MEAL & EXTRACT— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT