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