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FOOD ADDITIVE TEST KIT A (31 vials)
(Test Kit FEA)

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The listing of typical products is not exhaustive: many of these additives will be found in other products. Not all of the examples listed under “typical product” will contain the additive.

Code	Component	E Number	Function	Typical Products	Comments
FE1	Tartrazine / FD & C Yellow No 5 / Food Yellow 4 / CI 19140	E102	colour	soft drinks, ice cream, confectionery, fish fingers, cakes, biscuits	prohibited in Norway and Austria
FE2	Quinoline Yellow / Food Yellow 13 / CI 470005	E104	colour	confectionery, soft drinks	prohibited in Norway, USA, Australia and Japan
FE3	Sunset Yellow / Orange Yellow 5 / FD & C Yellow No. 6 / Food Yellow 3 / CI 15985	E110	colour	confectionery, yoghurts, packet bread crumbs, jam	prohibited in Norway, Sweden and Finland
FE4	Carmosine / Azorubine / Food Red 3 / CI 14720	E122	colour	confectionery, yoghurts, ices	prohibited in Norway, Sweden, USA and Japan
FE5	Amaranth / FD & C Red 2 / Food Red 9 / CI 16185	E123	colour	confectionery	prohibited in Norway and USA; restricted use in France and Italy
FE6	Ponceau 4R / Cochineal Red / Food Red 7 / CI 16255	E124	colour	confectionery	prohibited in Norway and USA
FE7	Erythrosine / FD & C Red 3 / Food Red 14 / CI 45430	E127	colour	glacé cherries, custard mix, tinned meat	prohibited in Norway and USA
FE8	Red 2G	E128	colour	sausages, jams	prohibited in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, USA, Canada, Japan, Switzerland and Australia
FE9	Patent Blue V / Food Blue 5 / CI 42051	E131	colour	scotch eggs
FE10	Indigo Carmine / Indigotine / FD & C Blue No 2 / Food Blue 1 / CI 73015	E132	colour	confectionery	prohibited in Norway
FE11	Brilliant Blue FCF / FD & C Blue No 1 / CI 42090	E133	colour	confectionery, tinned processed peas	prohibited in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Germany
FE12	Green S / Acid Brilliant Green BS / Lissamine Green / Food Green 4 / CI 44090	E142	colour	confectionery, tinned peas, packet bread crumbs, mint jelly	prohibited in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Canada and USA
FE13	Black PN / Brilliant Black BN / Food Black 1 / CI 28440	E151	colour	black currant cheese cake, brown sauce, chocolate mousse	prohibited in Norway, Finland, Japan, Canada and USA
FE14	Brown FK / Chocolate Brown FK /	E154	colour	kippers, smoked mackerel, crisps, cooked ham	prohibited in Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Holland
FE15	Brown HT / Chocolate Brown HT / CI 20285	E155	colour	chocolate flavour cakes	prohibited in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, USA and Australia
FE16	Beta-Carotene	E160a	colour	tinned soup, soft drinks, salad cream, mayonnaise, ice cream, margarine	laboratory manufactured or extracted from carrots using hexane
FE17	Potassium Sorbate	E202	preservative	soft drinks, cakes, ready prepared sandwiches, wine
FE18	Benzoic Acid	E210	preservative	jam, beer, salad cream, margarine, manufacture of sodium benzoate, alkyd resins, plasticizers, dyestuffs pharmaceuticals	can temporarily inhibit function of digestive enzymes; may deplete glycine levels
FE19	Sodium Benzoate	E211	preservative	soft drinks, salad dressing, barbecue sauce, body wash, shampoo, mouth wash
FE20	Sodium Metabisulphate	E223	preservative	lemon juice, pickles, orange squash, carton salad, alcohol, home brewing and wine making
FE21	Malic Acid	296	preservative	soft drinks, cereal bars, fruit pie fillings	present naturally in fruit and vegetables
FE22	Butylated Hydroxyanisole / BHA	E320	antioxidant	confectionery, stock cubes, mayonnaise, mascara	not permitted in food intended for young children in UK
FE23	Butylated Hydroxytoluene / BHT	E321	antioxidant	body wash, face wash cream, perfume, blusher, mascara, shaving cream, after shave	not permitted in food intended for young children in UK
FE24	Citric Acid	E330	acidity regulator	soft drinks, instant potato, jams, jellies, mustard, confectionery, yoghurt, cereal bars, cheese & onion rolls, hair conditioner, shampoo, body wash, baby bath, cleanser, foundation, after shave, cough mixtures, cough lozenges, descaling cleaners	naturally in citrus fruit and other ripe fruit, soft drinks. Manufactured by the action of Aspergillus Niger moulds on sugar
FE25	Sodium Citrate	E331	sequestrant	jams, jellies, soft drinks, confectionery, shampoo
FE26	Tartaric Acid	E334	sequestrant	cakes, baking powder, jams
FE27	Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose	E466	thickener	ice cream, cakes, puddings, soft drinks, toothpaste, suspending and dispersing agent in drugs	manufactured by treating cellulose from wood pulp with sodium hydroxide and then sodium monochloroacetate
FE28	Sodium Bicarbonate	500	raising agent	biscuits, cakes, antacids
FE29	Monosodium Glutamate	621	flavour enhancer	processed meat products, gravy powder, stock cubes, tinned soup, packet sauce, crisps	prepared from natural or synthetic L-glutamic acid
FE30	Aspartame		artificial sweetener	fruit squash, fizzy drinks, low-calorie foods
FE31	Saccharin		artificial sweetener	fruit squash, fizzy drinks, low-calorie foods, pot noodles, toothpaste

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