Food additives

e331 Sodium Citrates

Food additive in the category of antioxidants, also having acidity regulation, preservative, flavoring and sequestrant functions. It comes in the form of E 331(i) – monosodium citrate, E 331(ii) – disodium citrate or E 331(iii) – trisodium citrate,…

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e332 Potassium Citrates

Food additive in the category of antioxidants, also having acidity regulation, preservative, flavoring and sequestrant functions. It comes in the form of E 332(i) – monopotassium citrate or E 332(ii) – tripotassium citrate, these being potassium salts of…

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e333 Calcium Citrates

Food additive in the category of antioxidants, also having acidity regulation, preservative, flavoring and water softening functions. It comes in the form of E 333(i) – monocalcium citrate, E 333(ii) – dicalcium citrate or E 333(iii) – tricalcium…

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e334 Tartaric Acid (L(+)-)

Food additive in the category of acidity regulators, naturally found in fruits and especially in grape must. Form used in the food industry, but in the pharmaceutical and textile (fabric dyeing) industries, the crystallized form is used, also…

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e335 Sodium Tartrates

Food additive in the category of emulsifiers and thickening agents, because its crystals have the ability to retain water. It is the sodium salt of tartaric acid and it is used according to the quantities on the recipes…

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e336 Potassium Tartrates

Food additive in the category of emulsifiers and thickening agents, because its crystals have the ability to retain water and partially react to these. It is a potassium salt of tartaric acid which also has the role of…

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e337 Sodium Potassium Tartrate

Food additive in the category of antioxidants, acidity regulators, which also functions as an emulsifier, also known as “Seignette salt” or “Rochelle salt”. It is used according to the quantities on the recipes in products based on chocolate…

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e338 Phosphoric Acid

Food additive in the category of acidifiers, sequestrants and antioxidant enhancers, also giving a specific taste. It is a strong acid, which is used in juices and nectars or juice concentrates fruit nectars, in milk and in fruit…

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e339 Sodium Phosphates

Food additive with acidity regulation, emulsifying, sequestrant, wetting and stabilizing (water retainer and thickening) functions, and it comes in the form of E 339(i) – monosodium phosphate, E 339(ii) – disodium phosphate or E 339(iii) – trisodium phosphate.

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e340 Potassium Phosphates

Food additive with acidity regulation, emulsifying, sequestrant, wetting and stabilizing (water retainer and thickening) functions, and it comes in the form of E 340 (i) – monopotassium phosphate, E 340(ii) – dipotassium phosphate or E 340(iii) – tripotassium…

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e341 Calcium Phosphates

Food additive with acidity regulation, emulsifying, sequestrant, wetting and stabilizing (water retaining and thickening) functions, and it comes in the form of E 341(i) – monocalcium phosphate, E 341(ii) – dicalcium phosphate or E 341(iii) – tricalcium phosphate.…

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e343 Magnesium Phosphates

Food additive with acidity regulation, emulsifying, sequestrant, wetting and stabilizing (water retaining and thickening) functions, and it comes in the form of E 343(i) – monomagnesium phosphate or E 343(ii) – dimagnesium phosphate.

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According to the World Health Organization, substances that are added to food in order to maintain or improve its safety, freshness, taste, texture or appearance are known as food additives.

These food additives have been used for centuries to preserve food. For example salt (in meat, bacon or dried fish), sugar (in
marmalade) or sulphur dioxide (in wine).

Food additives can be derived from plants, animals or minerals or they can be synthetic. They are intentionally added to foods, to fulfil certain technological purposes. There are several thousand food additives in use, all of which are designed to perform a specific task, usually to make food more durable
or appealing.