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 3,801–3,900 of 3,940
- TRANS-4-HEXENAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS-4-NONENAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS-4-OCTENOIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS-4-TERT-BUTYLCYCLOHEXANOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS-ALPHA-DAMASCONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS-ANETHOLE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS, TRANS-2,4-HEXADIENAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS,TRANS-2,4-DODECADIENAL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRANS,TRANS-2,4-OCTADIENAL— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TREFOIL, SWEET (MELILOTUS COERULEA)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TREHALOSE, DIHYDRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIACETIN (GLYCEROL TRIACETATE)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> HUMECTANT,<br /> MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- TRIBUTYL ACETYLCITRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRICHLOROETHYLENE— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- TRIDECANAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIDECANOIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIDODECYL AMINE— SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- TRIETHANOLAMINE— MALTING OR FERMENTING AID
- TRIETHYL CITRATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> FORMULATION AID,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- TRIETHYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE CROSS-LINKED WITH EPICHLOROHYDRIN— PROCESSING AID
- TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONIC ACID
- TRILOBATIN— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIMETHYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIMETHYLOXAZOLE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRIPROPYLAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRISODIUM CITRATE— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> MALTING OR FERMENTING AID,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT,<br /> PH CONTROL AGENT,<br /> SEQUESTRANT,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
- TRISODIUM NITRILOTRIACETATE— BOILER WATER ADDITIVE
- TRITHIOACETONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TRYPSIN FROM ANIMAL TISSUE— ENZYME
- TUBEROSE LACTONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TUBEROSE, OIL (POLIANTHES TUBEROSA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TUNU (CASTILLA FALLAX COOK)— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE
- TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TURMERIC, EXTRACT (CURCUMA LONGA L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TURMERIC, OLEORESIN (CURCUMA LONGA L.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TURPENTINE
- TURPENTINE, GUM (PINUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TURPENTINE, RECTIFIED— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TURPENTINE, STEAM DISTILLED (PINUS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- TYRAMINE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- ULTRAMARINE BLUE— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- UNDECANAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- UNDECANAL PROPYLENEGLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- UNDECANOIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- UNDECEN-1-OL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- UNDECYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- UREA— FORMULATION AID
- UREASE ENZYME PREPARATION (LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM)
- VALENCENE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERALDEHYDE DIBUTYL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERALDEHYDE PROPYLENEGLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERIAN ROOT, EXTRACT (VALERIANA OFFICINALIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERIAN ROOT, OIL (VALERIANA OFFICINALIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VALERIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLA (VANILLA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLA, ABSOLUTE (VANILLA SPP.)
- VANILLA, EXTRACT (VANILLA SPP.)— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLA, OLEORESIN (VANILLA SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIC ACID— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN 1,2-BUTYLENE GLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN 3-(L-MENTHOXY)PROPANE-1,2-DIOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN ACETATE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN ISOBUTYRATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLIN PROPYLENE GLYCOL ACETAL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLYL ALCOHOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLYL ETHYL ETHER— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VANILLYLIDENE ACETONE— FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VEGETABLE GUM, OTHER THAN THOSE CFR LISTED— EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT,<br /> PROCESSING AID,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- VEGETABLE JUICE— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
- VERATRALDEHYDE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VERBENOL— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VERBENONE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VERONICA (VERONICA OFFICINALIS L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VERVAIN, EUROPEAN (VERBENA OFFICINALIS L.)
- VETIVER (VETIVERIA ZIZANIODES STAPF)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VETIVER, OIL (VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES STAPF)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VETIVEROL
- VETIVERYL ACETATE— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VINYL ACETATE— MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
- VINYL CHLORIDE-VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE COPOLYMER— SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
- VIOLET LEAVES ABSOLUTE (VIOLA ODORATA L.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- VIOLET, SWISS (VIOLA CALCARATA L.)
- VITAMIN A— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN A ACETATE— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN A PALMITATE— COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT,<br /> NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN B COMPLEX AND SYRUP— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN B-12— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN D— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN D-2— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN D-3— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- vitamin D<sub>2</sub> mushroom powder— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- VITAMIN K— NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
- WALNUT HULL, EXTRACT (JUGLANS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- WALNUT LEAVES, EXTRACT (JUGLANS SPP.)— FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
- WHEAT GLUTEN— FIRMING AGENT,<br /> FLAVOR ENHANCER,<br /> FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT,<br /> SOLVENT OR VEHICLE,<br /> STABILIZER OR THICKENER,<br /> TEXTURIZER