Dangerous food additives to avoid
Here is a new printable list with identifying code numbers of the nasty food additives that we should avoid eating. Artificial food preservatives, food colors and flavour enhancers, these are dangerous chemicals added to our food and are known to be linked to Hyperactivity, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Asthma, Cancer and other medical conditions.
Where to look for food additives on a product label?
When buying groceries, these additives are listed (if it’s given by the law) on the food product’s packaging under “INGREDIENTS:” or “CONTAINS:” section, usually next to “Nutrition Information” but the code numbers or names of these additives can be printed on in a small font.
In my opinion placement of the text can be somewhat hidden or even misleading. Any dangerous additives added in the food, if the product contains any, really should be listed visibly and labeled on the pack for instance as “Nasty Additives“.
330 and E330 Citric Acid
How about the Citric Acid E330 or 330? No problem with naturally occurring citric acid. Artificially produced E330 or 330 additive, depending on where or how it is produced with using sulfuric acid, many believe the product might still contain mold and sulfur/sulfites not filtered out completely during the production (Sulfur dioxide and other sulfites (also referred to as sulphites) are among food additives in the list below, under H – A, causing asthmatic and allergic reactions.) For most people sulfites are safe, but for example sensitive aspirin allergies or asthma sufferers can react very severely to sulfites.
In the year 1953 Sir Hans Krebs received Nobel Prize for physiology medicine for discovering that the Citric acid in metabolic reactions acts as part in series of compounds occurring within physiological oxidation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats and turning them into water and Carbon dioxide. Called Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle or known as the Krebs Cycle which is involved in most metabolic reactions, where the Citric acid plays a major role.
* The world “krebs” translates to English word “cancer” … and that’s what created the misunderstanding that citric acid 330 – e330 causes cancer. But in fact it does not. However, it could melt your teeth if you kept it in your mouth for long or if you consumed soft drinks a lot. It is organic acid used as additive in foods, in soft drinks, in beer, wine or cheese production, citric acid prevents bacteria growth, it gives the citric/sour flavour, bakers use it, citric acid E330 or 330 is often added to cakes, biscuits, soups, all sorts of sauces, frozen packed and canned food products, sweets, marmalade’s, ice creams … you can find it mentioned on the packaging.
Codes and names of dangerous food additives
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| Dangerous Food Additives table | |||||
| Additive Number | Name of Food Additive | Hyper- activity |
Asthma | Cancer | |
| 102 & E102 | Tartrazine (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 104 & E104 | Quinoline Yellow (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 107 & E107 | Yellow 2G (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 110 & E110 | Sunset Yellow (Yellow food color #6) | H | A | C | |
| 120 & E120 | Carmines, Cochineal (food color) | H | A | - | |
| 122 & E122 | Azorubine, Carmoisine (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 123 & E123 | Amaranth (Red food color #2) | H | A | C | |
| 124 & E124 | Ponceau, Brilliant Scarlet (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 127 & E127 | Erythrosine (Red food color #2) | H | A | C | |
| E128 | Red 2G (Red food color) | H | A | C | |
| 129 & E129 | Allura Red AC (food color) | H | A | C | |
| E131 | Patent Blue (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 132 & E132 | Indigotine, Indigo Carmine (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 133 & E133 | Brilliant Blue (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 142 & E142 | Acid Brilliant Green, Green S, Food Green (food color) | H | A | - | |
| 143 | Fast Green (food color) | - | A | - | |
| 150 & E150 | Caramel (food color) | H | - | - | |
| 151 & E151 | Activated Vegetable Carbons, Brilliant Black (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 154 | Food Brown, Kipper Brown, Brown FK (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 155 & E155 | Chocolate Brown HT, Brown HT (food color) | H | A | C | |
| 160b & E160b | Bixin, Norbixin, Annatto Extracts (yellow, red to brown natural colors) | H | A | - | |
| E171 | Titanium Dioxide, TiO2 (to give foods an opaque color) more on Titanium Dioxide in comments below ↴ |
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| E173 | Aluminium (preservatives) | - | - | C | |
| E180 | Latol Rubine, Pigment Rubine (preservatives) | H | A | C | |
| 200 & E200-203 |
Potassium & Calcium Sorbates ,Sorbic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | - | |
| 210 & E210 | Benzoic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | C | |
| 211 & E211 | Sodium Benzoate (preservatives) | H | A | - | |
| 212 & E212 | Potassium Benzoate (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 213 & E213 | Calcium Benzoate (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E214 | Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E215 | Sodium Ethyl Para Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 216 & E216 | Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate, Propylparaben (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E217 | Sodium Propyl P Hydroxybenzonate (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 220 & E220 | Sulphur Dioxide also Sulfur dioxide (preservatives) | H | A | - | |
| 221 & E221 | Sodium Sulfite or Sodium Sulphite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 222 | Sodium Bisulfite or Sodium Bisulphite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 223 & E223 | Sodium Metabisulfite or Sodium Metabisulphite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 224 & E224 | Potassium Metabisulphite or Potassium Metabisulfite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 225 & E225 | Potassium Sulfite or Potassium Sulphite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E226 | Calcium Sulfite or Calcium Sulphite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E227 | Calcium Hydrogen Sulphite or Calcium Hydrogen Sulfite (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| E228 | Potassium Bisulfite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulfite or Potassium Bisulphite, Potassium Hydrogen Sulphite (preservatives) | H | A | - | |
| E230 | Diphenyl, Biphenyl (preservatives) | - | - | C | |
| E231 | Orthophenyl Phenol (preservatives) | - | - | C | |
| E236 | Formic Acid (preservative) | - | - | C | |
| E239 | Hexamine, Hexamethylene Tetramine (preservatives) | - | - | C | |
| 249 & E249 | Potassium Nitrate (preservative) | - | A | C | |
| 250 & E250 | Sodium Nitrite (preservative) | H | A | C | |
| 251 & E251 | Sodium Nitrate (preservative) | H | - | C | |
| 252 & E252 | Potassium Nitrate (preservative) | H | - | C | |
| 260 & E260 | Acetic Acid, Glacial (preservatives) | - | A | - | |
| 280 to 283 | Calcium or Potassium or Sodium Propionates, Propionic Acid (preservatives) | H | A | - | |
| 310 & E310 | Propyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | - | A | C | |
| 311 & E311 | Octyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | - | A | - | |
| 312 & E312 | Dodecyl Gallate (Synthetic Antioxidant) | - | A | - | |
| 319 & E319 | TBHQ, Tert Butylhydroquinone (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | - | |
| 320 & E320 | Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | C | |
| 321 & E321 | Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) or Butylhydroxytoluene (Synthetic Antioxidants) | H | A | C | |
| 330 & E330 | Citric Acid (NOT DANGEROUS if naturally occurring e330 & 330 citric acid additive – but other can contain sulfites and mold, explained earlier in the article above this table and the printable version link.) | - | - | - | |
| 407 & E407 | Carrageenan (Thickening & Stabilizing Agent) | - | A | C | |
| 413 & E413 | Tragacanth (thickener & Emulsifier) | - | A | - | |
| 414 & E414 | Acacia Gum (Food Stabilizer) | - | A | - | |
| 416 | Karaya Gum (Laxative, Food Thickener & Emulsifier) | - | A | - | |
| 421 & E421 | Mannitol (Artificial Sweetener) | H | - | - | |
| 430 | Polyxyethylene Stearate (Emulsifier) | - | - | C | |
| 431 | Polyxyl Stearate (Emulsifier) | - | - | C | |
| E432 – E435 | Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate (Emulsifiers Gelling Stabilisers Thickeners Agents) | - | - | C | |
| 433 – 436 | Polysorbate (Emulsifiers) | - | - | C | |
| 441 & E441 | Gelatine (Food Gelling Agent) | - | A | - | |
| 466 | Sodium CarboxyMethyl Cellulose | - | - | C | |
| 507 & E507 | Hydrochloric Acid (Hydrolyzing Enhancer & Gelatin Production) | - | - | C | |
| 518 & E518 | Magnesium Sulphate (Tofu Coagulant) | - | - | C | |
| 536 & E536 | Potassium Ferrocyanide (Anti Caking Agent) | - | A | - | |
| 553 & E553 & E553b | Talc (Anti Caking, Filling, Softener, Agent) | - | - | C | |
| 620 – 625 | MSG Monosodium Glutamate, Glutamic Acid, all Glutamates (Flavour Enhancers) | H | A | C | |
| 627 & E627 | Disodium Guanylate (Flavour Enhancers) | H | A | - | |
| 631 & E631 | Disodium Inosinate 5 (Flavour Enhancers) | - | A | - | |
| 635 & E635 | Disodium Ribonucleotides 5 (Flavour Enhancers) | - | A | - | |
| 903 & E903 | Camauba Wax (used in Chewing Gums, Coating and Glazing Agents) | - | - | C | |
| 905 & 905 a,b,c | Paraffin and Vaseline, White Mineral Oil (Solvents, Coating and Glazing, Anti Foaming Agents, Lubricant in Chewing Gums) | - | - | C | |
| 924 & E924 | Potassium Bromate (Agent used in Bleaching Flour) | - | - | C | |
| 925 & E925 | Chlorine (Agent used in Bleaching Flour, Bread Enhancer and Stabiliser) | - | - | C | |
| 926 | Chlorine Dioxide (Bleaching Flour and Preservative Agent) | - | - | C | |
| 928 & E928 | Benzoyl Peroxide (Bleaching Flour and Bread enhancer Agent) | - | A | - | |
| 950 & E950 | Potassium Acesulphame (Sweetener) | - | - | C | |
| 951 | Aspartame (Sweetener) | H | A | - | |
| 952 & E952 | Cyclamate and Cyclamic Acid (Sweeteners) | - | - | C | |
| 954 & E954 | Saccharine (Sweetener) | - | - | C | |
| 1202 & E1202 | Insoluble Polyvinylpyrrolidone Insoluble (Stabiliser and Clarifying Agent added to Wine, Beer, Pharmaceuticals) | - | - | C | |
| 1403 | Bleached Starch (Thickener and Stabiliser) | - | A | - | |
Food additives to avoid …
… linked to hyperactivity, asthma, cancer – avoid these in your every day diet!
Allergic and other reactions to food additives occur hours and even days later after they are consumed therefore many people cannot notice these connections.
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thank you very much for this list of food additives. some of the food containing artificial preservatives or colors we eat is just so bad. we printed the file out and it is stickytaped in our cupboard now ….. and we watch it!
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Great list thanks so much! I just printed it and am sticking it somewhere handy on a wall.
Could you add the 330 additive? Somebody in the shop told me it’s dangerous but I know for sure it is ok additive.
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matthews, agreed 330 is all right. it’s been added on the page now . i guess it wasn’t included in this table as it contains only food additives that are bad. the citric acid is not among those . Thanks for the comprehensive code breaker list !
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@Ben, @Matthews, @Jill,
Thank you for visiting and for posting your comments. Hope to see you some more!
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Your site- http://www.traditionaloven.com is excellent site, respect.
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Hey! Thanks for the info. I was actually looking for something like this to sharpen my dieting skills. This will really help to rid some of the harmful things I eat.
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From the latest study in London involving 300 children, they have not performed well at school for the year when the research took place.
Top 6 very common food additives making your kids hyperactive during school hours and elsewhere. All these listed are being added into products as chemical food colouring and the chemicals can be found in soft drinks, breakfast meals, sweets and many other foods not only for children. All of these colours are also linked to cancer or asthma.
code – name:
102 – Tartrazine
104 – Quinoline Yellow
110 – Sunset Yellow
122 – Azorubine
124 – Brilliant Scarlet, Ponceau
129 – Allura Red
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Can you cross reference these numbers to names used here in the US? here they are called Yellow Lake # 6, Red #4, etc. These dye numbers are not listed as ingredients. I do know tartrazine is Yellow #5, …
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Hi Doug, thanks.
Is this only for food colors (colours in Au.) or do the US particular #’s apply to all kinds of food additives, …. preservatives, flavour enhancers, etc.?
Yes of course I can organize creating of a new table with all the needed cross references and post it in here.
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I read an article, written by the noble anti-cancer crusaders Cancer Research, that essentially stated that aspartame was safe to consume, Aspartame 951 artificial sweetener. I was really shocked. It just seems that mainstream groups, as they become more mainstream appear to become more compromised. In today’s climate it’s almost as if being concerned about the dangers of the manipulation of food, such as adding sweeteners or GM foods etc. makes one a fanatic that shouldn’t be taken seriously.
When reputable organisations come out on the side of the food industry who are clearly unconcerned about the health of the people who consume their products, it really does make one realise that this is a very serious. Many appear to be bent on stopping at nothing in order to increase their profits. Where will all this end? I am worried.
It is sad to observe that those whose stated objective is to rid us of this awful disease could possibly ignore research that concludes that certain ‘foods’ can cause cancer, & on top of that write an article that condones the use of such possibly dangerous substances. One would expect them to err on the side of caution at the very least & to urge the public to do the same. Is that really too much to expect?
Good luck to those of you who are willing to state the facts & help us to make informed decisions regarding our diet.
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Thanks for an interesting website. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the internet trying to decipher all the ‘numbers’ and yours is most informative. The chemical companies risk losing millions (if not billions) of dollars if anyone really proves how dangerous these food ‘numbers’ are. Hence there is a lot of misdirection and false information mainly influenced by these clongomerates protecting their $. That’s why they don’t use the same name for the chemical additive or number all over the world to make our life more difficult in trying to work out what we should and should not eat.
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The article is very informative for food additives which might lead to serious health disorders. It is better said that the prevention is better than cures. This is the lesson which I come to know by the post.
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It should be noted the 123 & E123 (Amaranth – red food color #2), when listed just as amaranth, can also refer to a wholesome plant used as a leaf vegetable, cereal, or ornamental and whose seeds can be ground into flour.
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Great list of dangerous food additives. It is scary that such a long list could be compiled and that they are often in foods that we eat.
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I have just had a life threatening allergic reaction to enhancers E635 and E621. These food enhancers should be band all over the world. Symptoms were, Swollen toungue, swollen face and lips and huge itchy red welts and rashes over my body.
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Thanks so much for the informative list dangerous food additives. We really have to keep on top of these for our children’s sake. I can see the reaction within one hour if my daughter (4) consumes some of these additives – the result is very ugly and it completely changes her personality. I am now also seeing evidence in my younger son’s (1) behaviour as he begins to want different foods like other kids.
So a big thank you for making it easier for me to stay on top of these terrible additives.
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Delighted I came across your site.
Compiling a list of nasty food additives for my book
“The Culinary Caveman: A Survival Guide To The 21st Century”
Shall be referencing your site for sure.
Keep the faith the revolution is very close.
Positive regards from the woods in the UK
Namaste .. The CC
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Thanks for the info keep us posted on such harmful substences.
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The list of all the dangerous food additives, preservatives and artificial food colors is great, as is the printing version!
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Hello again! You were the first port of call for my research on preservatives and I thank you for the information. You also helped me out a while back with your very helpful advice on prevention and healing of cold sores. I tried the lemon balm – good results. My recent attack didn’t develop beyond the first tingles and first symptoms. Diet – avoidance of certain foods and boosting my immune has certainly helped. Many blessings to you!
Added by admin; Paula, thank you for your lovely feedback. Warm regards! r
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thanks for this list, now maybe mom will stop using food coloring for anything she cooks. and try to avoid as many of these artificial or synthetic additives as possible.
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Thanks so much for this information. I am publishing an article on my blog titled:
“Serial K i l l e r s vs. K i l l e r Cereals”. Drop by sometimes…
Regards, Ron
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i know im asking a lot but is there some place i could find the list of good food brand names thank you
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Pls. send me for what are these products representing these E-numbers in wording like yellow etc., that can be harmful and effect to our health and how these ingredient or formulas form? thanks
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Thanks for such a great list of codes concerning the different food dangers. How did you know and find out about the numbers represent an artificial ingredient in a food, or color for each chemical additive? I believe the whole word needs to go to all natural foods only.
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I am working on a project which requires that i chose the right non dangerous or unhealthy preservative for various food items and i will be grateful if you assist me by providing drinks and the common preservatives which possibly can go with them.
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Thank you so much for these valuable information, regarding chemical food additives as artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colors or chemicals for creating flavors in foods.
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Thank you for the list of dangerous food additives. It has opened up a whole new world for me and my family.I went through my kitchen cupboard and got rid of all the dangerous foods I could find. I am wondering though why you didn’t list high fructose corn syrup or autolyzed yeast extract on your dangerous food list ?
Mary Ellen
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Thank you very much. The information is very useful. I am going to print the food additive numbers’ list and give it to maximum number of people.
Thank you
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Wow, you cannot believe how much this article has helped me! Now I can ensure that food in cafeterias, in the residence hall I work in, do not contain these substances that are harmful. If this is the case for adults, then how about children. I can only imagine how bad it must be for little kids. Thanks a lot!
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Many times we bought meat sausages that are coloured with 6 types of food colour 102, 110, 122, 124, 133 and 155.
My wife never smoked but died from bowel cancer. Artificial food colouring is probably much more dangerous than cigarets and deserve warning at least for cancer.
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You should only use E252 for making rockets! I am going to reduce these E numbers from my diet. Thanks
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Thanks for this information on unhealthy chemicals added to foods for us consumers to eat and their E numbers. It is indeed a great help for us. We have known what are the food additives which have to be avoided from the diet.
Thanks! Keep informing the people.
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Great, i used to get a bit destructed from drinking too much cola, e numbers are not good for you!
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I was told many years ago e330 can trigger cold sores if you are a sufferer. Ever since I have tried my best to avoid e330 and my coldsore problem has drastically reduced – until I started drinking certain brand of Irish Cider! which I suspect contains e330 – so if you are a sufferer like myself check your labels – European Sprite also contains e330 which may be why you get them when you go to Europe – once I stopped drinking soft-drinks on holiday I stopped getting coldsores.
added by admin: I did hear many times about E330/Citric Acid in many cases is the worst active ingredient for the onset of cold sores, and is harder to avoid getting cold sore blisters after consuming e330 citric acid food additives and e330 based/containing food flavors.
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my friend and her daughter both suffer red welts and severe itching if they ingest e330
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I appreciate this food unhealthy additives lists not to eat. I will print it out and bring it with me everytime I go buy groceries for I won’t consume any dangerous chemicals anymore!
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Thank you very much, we all need this information about dangerous food additives that are being listed and added to food products globally in shops around the planet.
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Excellent foods additives list! this rocks big time!
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Thank you for this wonderful additives list it’s exactly what i need for my paper this is much easier than going through 500 pages with most of them blocked by the school filter anyway.
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Hi there,
Really appreciate this comprehensive list with all food additives. It would appear that this is rather classified information! Its as though nobody really wants to spill the beans! Would like your permission to add this link to my site, blogs and ebooks.
I have recovered from various digestive diseases and ailments by avoiding artificial additives and preservatives to start with. Many (if not most) diseases are a direct result of a poor eating plan (do not like the word diet, it makes me feel deprived).
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I have print them out on the list and now I watch all of these names and numbers of bad artificial food additives or chemicals on products packaging not to put any them in my mouth any more. I sleep and feel so much better since I’m stopped consuming the hyperactive preservatives, flavors and food color chemicals. Thanks a lot for the list I believe and I know I’m heading in the right direction! Scott
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Thanks for the list. Great job.
One thing.
Aspartame – On the list it doesn’t say that it causes CANCER. I am pretty sure that it DOES. Aspartame is Bad ! BAd ! Bad.
I could not believe how they poison us in everyday food. Shocking !!
added by admin: Thank you Marta, definitely one has to be cautious with what we eat not to damage our health – I know what you mean. Do you know of any other document like this suggesting gov page about aspartame and cancer studies?
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Thank you guys for this web site, I am a guy who eats. A lot of gum now because of you. I will stop eating these silly not good unhealthy stuff. Respect.
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Excellent listing of colors in food. Ever since coming off my healthier eating diet (which involved avoiding these colours) I now find that these colourings make me emptying bladder ALOT as my body is trying to remove them from my system. These are all morally wrong and who knows how harmful and they should be completely banned from food chain world wide.
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hey.. thanks 4 ze info.. it’s really useful for healthy living and wellbeing … i will surely try to ignore all these chemicals in my food from now on … poor children eat lots of these artificial food colors and preservatives even flavors ingredients because they are being given them..
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The information above is good. However, citric acid is a weak ORGANIC acid. You can vertually find it in any sour fruits and vegetables, like lemons and even sour apples. It is not artificially made. So you cannot say that citric acid is a food additive. This is a good topic, but a weak argument.
added by admin: Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your note. Yes I agree with you fully/completely. But, have you seen the 2 paragraphs above in this article, right at the beginning on the page. This is related to basically badly produced, only the artificially made, citric acid; starting with 4th paragraph … “How about the Citric Acid E330 or 330? No problem with naturally occurring citric acid. Artificially produced E330 or 330 additive, depending on where or …” please find it. It is not mentioned in the table among only harmful additives, however it’s explained in the text. Some people might get into nasty troubles after taking citric acid in such dirty form. Actually there is one comment here about it also. Please let me know when you see it.
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Can some one help me please, I have had listeria monocytogeneis detected in two of my products and the only comman denominator is a yellow food colouring from S.O.P ( there code number S7752) I have tried to research this number but can only find CH1106 , I have researched other colours and the only one I can find close is tartazine 102 sunset yellow.
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Thanx for compiling and sharing this informative list, it will be most useful in trying to improve our diets. Much appreciated!
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Food is the basic need of humans and if healthy food is not in-taken then the consequences may not be what is expected, hence we should avoid eating junk and dangerous foods and double check the food quality that we are eating. Take a good care of your healthy lifestyle and well-being.
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Natural food flavourings are the way forward. Artificial and unhealthy food flavors are rapidly fading away one can finally notice on products in shops. Customers know what is good for their digestive system and each human body organs and cells.
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Thanks for this great list. But I’m wondering about carageenan. When I lived on the coast of Ireland, we used carageenan moss that was a kind of seaweed to make pudding, etc. Is this not the same as the carageenan that’s used commercially? If so, what’s the difference?
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I think certainly the wholesome carrageenan moss that you used to use to make puddings (I must say to me the pudding sounds very tasty) could have been all right and very healthy to eat. Especially if the carrageen was in the form as is when taken out from a sea water. Many food additives are not dangerous. It comes to what is used and how commercially made additives are extracted and prepared. Other chemicals might be used to manufacture food additives. Also the well known MSG is taken out from rice (prior to that altering the rice was natural.) Or you would have certainly heard of aspartame (artificial sugar substitute and non saccharide or non saccharin sweetener) which is also derived from natural plants, natural decayed plants that is, which were stored by nature under the ground for so long they turned to oil. You can see not all natural sources are healthy. However in relation to the carrageenan – 407 and E407 Carrageenan ( thickening and stabilizing agent ) – asthma and cancer – I am not sure whether I can post web links in here, but simply search on the web for “Cancer research, Filament dis-assembly and loss of mammary myoepithelial cells after exposure to carrageenan, by Joanne Tobacman”, and “Cancer detection and prevention, Carrageenan-induced inclusions in mammary mycoepithelial cells”, and then “Consumption of carrageenan and other water-soluble polymers used as food additives and incidence of mammary carcinoma, medical hypothesis, by J. K. Tobacman, R. B. Wallace, M. B. Zimmerman”. There are other related studies on the same subjects, for instance; exposing human breast tissue cells, intestinal cells and prostate cells to carageen additive for short intervals in low concentrations, may be relevant to the occurrence of an invasive malignancy.
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Shall I use this, Sodium Chloride, Sunset Yellow FCF (15985), Carmoisine (14720) —-+ INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIAL. Dye Content: 31.0% to my hot beverage drink to get dark colour (ORANGE RED POWDER IH 7802). Thanks.
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I have a sulfite allergy and also avoid citric acid as I linked it to mouth ulcers, but I never realised the link between the two! There is one thing I would add to your list E150 caramel is not marked as “A”. I have no problem with E150a, plain caramel from sugar, however E150b Caustic sulfite caramel and E150d sulfite ammonia caramel are both definitely an Asthma trigger for anyone who is affected by sulfites.
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Thanks for the food chem additive list. I have finshed my assignment.
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Just check the harmfulness of the suspect additive – before buying given food. I use app E-Codes on my phone to doing this. But there are many others.
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I noticed your list did NOT mention sodium benzoate as cancerous. But if mixed with ascorbic acid, it creates BENZENE, a known carcinogen. Of note, ladies: Centrum brand Materna (prenatal) vitamins contains both ingredients. Please share this information!
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Hello, and thank you for the dangerous additives list, my question is due to soy intollerances in my family, is/are there a code number/s for soy additives?
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Thank you for sharing the e-list for food additives, I have been searching for one!!!
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Hi, I would like your permission to use your food additive list to create an open source application that supplies information on demand? Also, do you know of other lists where the information is in a spreadsheet, csv or database etc.?
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Hi Roger,
This information is from my partner’s work, not open source so I cannot give you the permission. But if you like or if it suits -you can directly link to this page on http://www.traditionaloven.com/articles/122/dangerous-food-additives-to-avoid , if needed. You can print out the e-list for yourself, known numbers (being updated) by using the print link above the table with food additives and use it for your personal references or well-being. Thanks for the note.
Warm regards.
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we have 3 children who eat heaps of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat in their daily diet, we went out today where they consumed a flavoured soda and a soft drink and won some CANDY lollies (they had about 3 each) have just got them to bed at 11pm!! they were all so full of energy and studidly crazy tonight – so much so that i looked up the contents of the candies and found the numbers E129, E133, E171 ?? not listed? and E330 (I know in fizzy drinks) it sent them totally hypo with no doubts – i will be sticking to fish, eggs, meat, pasta, rice, veg and fruits for their diet – and no ruddy yucky CHEMICAL FOODS from now on. xx
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Hi Sally, thank you for your note! If something is not 100% safe I don’t want to go near it. What we put into our organism as food is one of the first things we should watch.
I looked up the E171 additive, it is already completely banned in Germany. PubMed.gov mentions, there is a whole paragraph about E171 food additive ( Titanium Dioxide, TiO2 ), the language is quite technical, but so far they say that E171 can even alter DNA. An oxidative lesions were measured (changes?). The article is very current. I wonder, is this the nano Technology, nanoparticles of titanium dioxide go into foods? Nano-particle sized matter may penetrate body tissue.
I also read that from exposure to titanium dioxide – TiO2 – nano particles, a person experienced in lungs a type of pneumonia, interstitial lung condition/disease Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BO) with Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) (I do not know how it was delivered to his or her body). After consumption it can be found in human lymphatic system as it is hard for our organism to break it down. We can think about it also this way; lymphatic system is slow, then this e171 basically travels around slowly through our body because human body does not know what to do with it.
Well, it is used as pigment to give certain foods opacity, white opaque color. Otherwise it’s also mixed into other products, where it also could be referred to as Titania or titanium IV oxide. E.g. it’s been used as UV absorber in sunscreens, plastics, paints and coatings, paper, or some toothpastes. I will look at the other 2 E’s.