Additives to avoid

Food additives lists

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

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, 201, 202, 203

   Benzoates                 210, 211, 212, 213

   Sulphites                   220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228

   Nitrates, nitrites         249, 250, 251, 252

   Propionates               280, 281, 282, 283,
                                   cultured or fermented anything
                                        cultured dextrose, fermented wheat flour...

SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS

   Gallates                     310, 311, 312

  TBHQ, BHA, BHT        319, 320, 321

FLAVOUR ENHANCERS

    Glutamates incl MSG 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, Yeast extract,
                   Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (HVP), 131 other names

   Ribonucleotides       627, 631, 635

    ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS

    No numbers since they are trade secrets



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All food additives by name and number with problems highlighted (updated 2022)

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

 

 

 

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And to Joanne Van Os for this cartoon.