Food Additives - E Numbers Overview

"E" Numbers, identify both natural and artificial food additives. Several only act to replace expensive ingredients with cheaper ones.

Many coutries dispute acceptable risk, banning numerous attitives from their national food supply.

Scientists and legislators define "acceptable risk levels".

E Number - Catagories

• Food Additives / E Numbers - Overview
• E100–E199 - (colours)
• E200–E299 - (preservatives)
• E300–E399 - (acidity regulators, antioxidants)
• E400–E499 - (stabilizers, thickeners, emulsifiers)
• E500–E599 - (anti-caking agents,acidity regulators)
• E600–E699 - (flavour enhancers)
• E700–E799 - (antibiotics)
• E900–E999 - (miscellaneous)
• E1000–E1599 - (additional chemicals)

Food Additives - Types

• Acids - Sharpens food taste, preservatives and antioxidants.
• Acidity regulators - Alters foods and alkalinity.
• Anticaking agents - Prevents powders from sticking.
• Antifoaming agents - Stops or reduces foods foaming.
• Antioxidants - Inhibit oxygen effects on foodstuff.
• Bulking agents - Increase food amounts (Bulk).
• Food coloring - Additives to alter food color.
• Color retention agents - Additives to preserve existing food color.
• Emulsifiers - Preserve water/oils mixability.
  
• Flavors - Changes food taste or smell, naturally/artificially.
• Flavor enhancers - Changes food taste/smell, naturally/artificially.
• Flour treatment agents - Changes colour or baking use.
• Glazing agents - Ad shiney food coating effect.
• Humectants - Stops food drying.
• Tracer gas - Prevent foods decaying through atmospheric exposure.
• Preservatives - Protects food from fungi, bacteria, microorganisms.
• Stabilizers - Strengthens food texture, stabilizing emulsions.
• Sweeteners - Sweeten food taste, reduce food calories.
• Thickeners - Increases food density.

Food Additives - We Are What We Eat

As concerns for almost pandemic neurological disorders levels grow, disputes over "E" numbers revolves around :

1. Lack of information available to consumers.
2. Consumers left with few or no alternatives.
3. Potential side effects mimic many neurological disease symptoms.
4. Vegetarians getting animal products added to Vegetables.
5. Industry benefits outweigh personal health.

What can I do?

Compare personal symptoms with what you eat.

• What has been added to your food?
• What are the potential side effects?
• Was the addition necessary?
• Can I avoid it? If not why?
• Will that cause me side effects? If so, why?

No-one knows, how chaotic to health, this cheaper food source will become, long term. If you are what you eat, you might end up a genetically modified crouton in 10 years time.

Ancient rome took generations to remove a local favorite Monosodium glutamate "MSG".

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