Additive categories

• acidity regulators
• anti-caking agents
• anti-foaming
• antioxidants
• bulking agents
• carriers
• colours
• emulsifiers
• emulsifying salts
• firming agent
• flavour enhancers
• flour treatment agents
• foaming agents
• gelling agents
• glazing agents
• humectants
• modified starches
• packaging gases
• preservatives
• propellants
• raising agents
• sequestrant
• solvents
• stabilisers
• sweetener
• thickeners

Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

Code	Material	CEFF approved
E 200	Sorbic acid	No
E 202	Potassium sorbate	No
E 203	Calcium sorbate	No
E 210	Benzoic acid	No
E 211	Sodium benzoate	No
E 212	Potassium benzoate	No
E 213	Calcium benzoate	No
E 214	Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate	No
E 215	Sodium ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate	No
E 218	Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate	No
E 219	Sodium methyl p-hydroxybenzoate	No
E 220	Sulphur dioxide	No
E 221	Sodium sulphite	No
E 222	Sodium hydrogen sulphite	No
E 223	Sodium metabisulphite	No
E 224	Potassium metabisulphite	No
E 226	Calcium sulphite	No
E 227	Calcium hydrogen sulphite	No
E 228	Potassium hydrogen sulphite	No
E 234	Nisin	No
E 235	Natamycin	No
E 239	Hexamethylene tetramine	No
E 242	Dimethyl dicarbonate	No
E 249	Potassium nitrite	No
E 250	Sodium nitrite	No
E 251	Sodium nitrate	No
E 252	Potassium nitrate	No
E 260	Acetic acid	Yes
E 261	Potassium acetate	Yes
E 262	Sodium acetate	Yes
E 263	Calcium acetate	Yes
E 280	Propionic acid	No
E 281	Sodium propionate	No
E 282	Calcium propionate	No
E 283	Potassium propionate	No
E 284	Boric acid	No
E 285	Sodium tetraborate; borax	No
E 385	Calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate; calcium disodium EDTA	Yes
E 519		Yes
E 1105	Lysozyme	No