Food additives lists

These lists are changing as new food additives enter our food. Please check date of latest update.

Avoid these additives

from www.fedup.com.au

COLOURS

102,104,110,122,123,124,127,129,

132,133,142,143, 151,155

natural colour 160b (annatto)

PRESERVATIVES

Sorbates 200-203

Benzoates 210-213

Sulphites 220-228

Nitrates, nitrites 249-252

Propionates 280-283

SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS

Gallates 310-312

TBHQ, BHA, BHT 319-321

FLAVOUR ENHANCERS

Glutamates incl MSG 620-625

Ribonucleotides 627, 631, 635

Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (HVP)

ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS

No numbers since they are trade secrets

You can either print out the new Nasty Additives card with names and numbers (business card size when folded in half)

OR

Here's a useful wallet card

OR

Here’s a single page Nasty Additives, or for schools using the Eating for Success program, four Nasty Additives cards on one page.

Here’s a link for safe additives for food manufacturers and for additives in the USA where different names and numbers are used. Colours around the world factsheet.

Thanks to Ben Heine (http://benheine.com/) for use of this great cartoon.

And to Joanne Van Os for this cartoon.

May 2009