Food additives (E numbers)

Every food additive in our database, with its halal verdict. Open a code for its origin, what it is used for, and the products that contain it.

E400–E499 · Thickeners, stabilisers and emulsifiers

E421 — Mannitol (anti-caking agent) · Halal
E422 — Glycerol (emulsifier) · Halal
E424 — Curdlan · Unknown
E425 — Konjac (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannan · Halal
E426 — Soybean hemicellulose · Unknown
E427 — Cassia gum · Unknown
E428 — Gelatine · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E429 — Peptones · Unknown
E430 — Polyoxyethene (8) stearate (emulsifier) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E431 — Polyoxyethene (40) stearate · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E432 — Polyoxyethene (20) sorbitan monolaurate (polysorbate 20) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E433 — Polyoxyethene (20) sorbitan monooleate (polysorbate 80) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E434 — Polyoxyethene (20) sorbitan monopalmitate (polysorbate 40) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E435 — Polyoxyethene (20) sorbitan monostearate (polysorbate 60) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E436 — Polyoxyethene (20) sorbitan tristearate (polysorbate 65) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E440 — Pectins (i) pectin (ii) amidated pectin · Halal
E441 — Gelatine (non-standard code) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E442 — Ammonium phosphatides · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E443 — Brominated vegetable oil · Unknown
E444 — Sucrose acetate isobutyrate · Halal
E445 — Glycerol esters of wood rosins · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E446 — Succistearin · Unknown
E450 — Diphosphates (i) Disodium diphosphate (ii) Trisodium diphosphate (iii) Tetrasodium diphosphate (iv) Dipotassium diphosphate (v) Tetrapotassium diphosphate (vi) Dicalcium diphosphate (vii) Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate · Halal
E451 — Triphosphates (i) Sodium triphosphate (pentasodium triphosphate) (ii) Pentapotassium triphosphate · Halal
E452 — Polyphosphates (i) Sodium polyphosphates (ii) Potassium polyphosphates (iii) Sodium calcium polyphosphate (iv) Calcium polyphosphates (v) Ammonium Polyphosphate · Halal
E459 — Beta-cyclodextrin · Unknown
E460 — Cellulose (i) Microcrystalline cellulose (ii) Powdered cellulose · Halal
E461 — Methyl cellulose · Halal
E462 — Ethyl cellulose · Halal
E463 — Hydroxypropyl cellulose · Halal
E464 — Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (hypromellose) · Halal
E465 — Ethyl methyl cellulose · Halal
E466 — Carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose · Halal
E467 — Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose · Halal
E468 — Crosslinked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Croscarmellose) · Unknown
E469 — Enzymically hydrolysed carboxymethylcellulose · Halal
E471 — Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate) · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E473 — Sucrose esters of fatty acids · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E474 — Sucroglycerides · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E475 — Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E476 — Polyglycerol polyricinoleate · Halal
E477 — Propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E478 — Lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propane-1,2-diol · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E480 — Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate · Unknown
E481 — Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E482 — Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E483 — Stearyl tartrate · Doubtful (mushbooh)
E484 — Stearyl citrate · Unknown
E485 — Sodium stearoyl fumarate · Unknown
E486 — Calcium stearoyl fumarate · Unknown

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