Food Additive numbers, Colours, flavours thickeners preservatives?

100 Curcumin or Turmeric (colour)
101 Riboflavin or Riboflavin 5'-phosphate sodium
(colour)
102 Tartrazine (colour)
103 Alkanet or Alkannin (colour)
104 Quinoline yellow (colour)
110 Sunset yellow FCF (colour)
120 Carmines or Carminic acid or Cochineal
(colour)
122 Azorubine or Carmoisine (colour)
123 Amaranth (colour)
124 Ponceau 4R (colour)
127 Erythrosine (colour)
129 Allura red AC (colour)
132 Indigotine (colour)
133 Brilliant blue FCF (colour)
140 Chlorophyll (colour)
141 Chlorophyll-copper complex (colour)
142 Green S (colour)
143 Fast green FCF (colour)
150a Caramel I (colour)
150b Caramel II (colour)
150c Caramel III (colour)
150d Caramel IV (colour)
151 Brilliant black BN or Brilliant black PN (colour)
153 Carbon black or vegetable carbon (colour)
155 Brown HT (colour)
160a Carotene (colour)
160b Annatto extracts (colour)
160c Paprika oleoresins (colour)
160d Lycopene (colour)
160e b-apo-8' Carotenal (colour)
160f b-apo-8' Carotenoic acid or methyl ethyl ester
(colour)
161a Flavoxanthin (colour)
161b Lutein (colour)
161c Kryptoxanthin (colour)
161d Rubixanthin (colour)
161e Violoxanthin (colour)
161f Rhodoxanthin (colour)
162 Beet red (colour)
163 Anthocyanins or Grape skin extract or
Blackcurrant extract (colour)
164 Saffron or Crocetin or Crocin (colour)
170 Calcium carbonate (colour, anti-caking agent)
171 Titanium dioxide (colour)
172 Iron oxide (colour)
173 Aluminium (colour)
174 Silver (colour)
175 Gold (colour)
181 Tannic acid or tannins (colour, emulsifier,
stabiliser, thickener)
200 Sorbic acid (preservative)
201 Sodium sorbate (preservative)
202 Potassium sorbate (preservative)
203 Calcium sorbate (preservative)
210 Benzoic acid (preservative)
211 Sodium benzoate (preservative)
212 Potassium benzoate (preservative)
213 Calcium benzoate (preservative)
216 Propylparaben or Propyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate
(preservative)
218 Methylparaben or Methyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate
(preservative)
220 Sulphur dioxide (preservative)
221 Sodium sulphite (preservative)
222 Sodium bisulphite (preservative)
223 Sodium metabisulphite (preservative)
224 Potassium metabisulphite (preservative)
225 Potassium sulphite (preservative)

228 Potassium bisulphite (preservative)
234 Nisin (preservative)
235 Natamycin or Pimaricin (preservative)
242 Dimethyl dicarbonate (preservative)
249 Potassium nitrite (preservative, colour fixative)
250 Sodium nitrite (preservative, colour fixative)
251 Sodium nitrate (preservative, colour fixative)
252 Potassium nitrate (preservative, colour fixative)
260 Acetic acid, glacial (acidity regulator)
261 Potassium acetate or Potassium diacetate
(acidity regulator)
262 Sodium acetates (acidity regulator)
263 Calcium acetate (acidity regulator)
264 Ammonium acetate (acidity regulator)
270 Lactic acid (acidity regulator)
280 Propionic acid (preservative)
281 Sodium propionate (preservative)
282 Calcium propionate (preservative)
283 Potassium propionate (preservative)
290 Carbon dioxide (propellant)
296 Malic acid (acidity regulator)
297 Fumaric acid (acidity regulator)
300 Ascorbic acid (antioxidant)
301 Sodium ascorbate (antioxidant)
302 Calcium ascorbate (antioxidant)
303 Potassium ascorbate (antioxidant)
304 Ascorbyl palmitate (antioxidant)
306 Tocopherols concentrate, mixed (antioxidant)
307 %uF061-Tocopherol (antioxidant)
308 %uF0E4-Tocopherol (antioxidant)
309 %uF0E3-Tocopherol (antioxidant)
310 Propyl gallate (antioxidant)
311 Octyl gallate (antioxidant)
312 Dodecyl gallate (antioxidant)
315 Erythorbic acid (antioxidant)
316 Sodium erythorbate (antioxidant)
319 tert-Butylhydroquinone (antioxidant)
320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (antioxidant)
321 Butylated hydroxytoluene (antioxidant)
322 Lecithin (antioxidant, emulsifier)
325 Sodium lactate (acidity regulator, humectant,
bulking agent)
326 Potassium lactate (acidity regulator, humectant,
bulking agent)
327 Calcium lactate (acidity regulator)
328 Ammonium lactate (acidity regulator)
329 Magnesium lactate (acidity regulator)
330 Citric acid (acidity regulator, antioxidant)
331 Sodium citrates (acidity regulator, emulsifier,
stabiliser)
332 Potassium citrates (acidity regulator, stabiliser)
333 Calcium citrates (acidity regulator, stabiliser)
334 Tartaric acid (acidity regulator, antioxidant)
335 Sodium tartrates (acidity regulator)
336 Potassium tartrate or Potassium acid tartrate
(acidity regulator, stabiliser)
337 Potassium sodium tartrate (acidity regulator,
stabiliser)
338 Phosphoric acid (acidity regulator)
339 Sodium phosphates (acidity regulator,
emulsifier, stabiliser)
340 Potassium phosphates (acidity regulator,
emulsifier, stabiliser)
341 Calcium phosphates (acidity regulator,
emulsifier, stabiliser, anti-caking agent)
342 Ammonium phosphates (acidity regulator)
343 Magnesium phosphates (acidity regulator, anticaking
agent)
349 Ammonium malate (acidity regulator)
350 Sodium malates (acidity regulator, humectant)

510 Ammonium chloride (bulking agent)
511 Magnesium chloride (firming agent)
512 Stannous chloride (antioxidant)
514 Sodium sulphate (acidity regulator)
515 Potassium sulphate (acidity regulator)
516 Calcium sulphate (firming agent)
518 Magnesium sulphate (firming agent)
519 Cupric sulphate (mineral salt)
526 Calcium hydroxide (acidity regulator, firming
agent)
529 Calcium oxide (acidity regulator)
530 Magnesium oxide (anti-caking agent)
535 Sodium ferrocyanide (anti-caking agent)
536 Potassium ferrocyanide (anti-caking agent)
541 Sodium aluminium phosphate (acidity
regulator, emulsifier)
542 Bone phosphate (anti-caking agent, emulsifier)
551 Silicon dioxide, amorphous (anti-caking agent)
552 Calcium silicate (anti-caking agent)
553 Magnesium silicate or Talc (anti-caking agent)
554 Sodium aluminosilicate (anti-caking agent)
555 Potassium aluminium silicate
556 Calcium aluminium silicate (anti-caking agent)
558 Bentonite (anti-caking agent)
559 Aluminium silicate
560 Potassium silicate (anti-caking agent)
570 Stearic acid or fatty acid (glazing agent,
foaming agent)
575 Glucono %uF064-lactone or Glucono delta-lactone
(acidity regulator, raising agent)
577 Potassium gluconate (sequestrant)
578 Calcium gluconate (acidity regulator, firming
agent)
579 Ferrous gluconate (colour retention agent)
580 Magnesium gluconate (acidity regulatory,
firming agent)
586 4-Hexylresorcinol (antioxidant)
620 L-Glutamic acid (flavour enhancer)
621 Monosodium L-glutamate or MSG (flavour
enhancer)
622 Monopotassium L-glutamate (flavour enhancer)
623 Calcium glutamate (flavour enhancer)
624 Monoammonium L-glutamate (flavour
enhancer)
625 Magnesium glutamate (flavour enhancer)
627 Disodium 5' -guanylate (flavour enhancer)
631 Disodium 5' -inosinate (flavour enhancer)
635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (flavour enhancer)
636 Maltol (flavour enhancer)
637 Ethyl maltol (flavour enhancer)
640 Glycine (flavour enhancer)
641 L-Leucine (flavour enhancer)
900a Polydimethylsiloxane or Dimethylpolysiloxane
(anti-caking agent, emulsifier)
901 Beeswax, white and yellow (glazing agent)
903 Carnauba wax (glazing agent)
904 Shellac (glazing agent)
905b Petrolatum or petroleum jelly (glazing agent)
914 Oxidised polyethylene (humectant)
920 L-Cysteine monohydrochloride (raising agent)
941 Nitrogen (propellant)
942 Nitrous oxide (propellant)
943a Butane (propellant)
943b Isobutane (propellant)
944 Propane (propellant)
946 Octafluorocyclobutane (propellant)
950 Acesulphame potassium (sweetener)
951 Aspartame (sweetener)
952 Calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate or
cyclamate (sweetener)
953 Isomalt (humectant, sweetener, bulking agent,
anti-caking agent)
954 Saccharin or calcium saccharin or sodium
saccharine or potassium saccharine
(sweetener)
955 Sucralose (sweetener)
956 Alitame (sweetener)
957 Thaumatin (flavour enhancer, sweetener)
961 Neotame (sweetener)
962 Aspartame-acesuphame salt
965 Maltitol and maltitol syrup or hydrogenated
glucose syrup (sweetener, stabiliser, emulsifier,
humectant)
966 Lactitol (sweetener, humectant)

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The campaign unites the three leading food additive consumer advocates in the country, Julie Eady from Additive Alert, Sue Dengate from the Food Intolerance Network and Kathleen Daalmeyer from Additive Education.

The Kids First Campaign will demand that Australia's Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) follow the UK's lead by placing consumers first and banning the six additives in question from Australian food.

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The importance of this Campaign is that, when successful, it will be the first time that food regulators have accepted the importance of behaviour and learning as criteria in approval processes.

These six colours (Tartrazine 102, Quinoline Yellow 104, Sunset Yellow 110, Carmoisine 122, Ponceau Red 124 and Allura Red 129) are in the process of being withdrawn in the UK and from the end of 2009 will carry a warning in the EU "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children."

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