Additives in the category «Colour retention agents»

Description

Colour retention agents are food additives, which add or restore colour in a food.

Additives of this type are used in the food industry as colour retention agents, colour fixatives, colour stabilizers, and colour adjuncts.

E249 – Potassium nitrite

Preservatives
Colour retention agents

E250 – Sodium nitrite

High danger
Synthetic origin
Colour retention agents
Preservatives

E251 – Sodium nitrate

Low danger
Mineral origin
Artificial origin
Colour retention agents
Preservatives

E252 – Potassium nitrate

Low danger
Mineral origin
Artificial origin
Colour retention agents
Preservatives

E330 – Citric acid

Very low danger
Plant origin
Microbiological origin
Artificial origin
Acidity regulators
Antioxidants
Colour retention agents
Sequestrants

E375 – Nicotinic acid

Low danger
Artificial origin
Colour retention agents

E385 – Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate

Medium danger
Synthetic origin
Sequestrants
Preservatives
Colour retention agents
Antioxidants

E386 – Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate

High danger
Synthetic origin
Sequestrants
Preservatives
Stabilizers
Antioxidants
Colour retention agents

E504 – Magnesium carbonates

Low danger
Mineral origin
Artificial origin
Stabilizers
Acidity regulators
Anticaking agents
Colour retention agents
Carriers

E504(i) – Magnesium carbonate

Acidity regulators
Anticaking agents
Colour retention agents

E504(ii) – Magnesium hydroxide carbonate

Acidity regulators
Anticaking agents
Carriers
Colour retention agents

E511 – Magnesium chloride

Very low danger
Mineral origin
Colour retention agents
Firming agents
Stabilizers

E512 – Stannous chloride

Antioxidants
Colour retention agents

E519 – Cupric sulfate

Low danger
Synthetic origin
Preservatives
Colour retention agents

E523 – Aluminium ammonium sulfate

Firming agents
Stabilizers
Colour retention agents
Raising agents
Acidity regulators

E528 – Magnesium hydroxide

Acidity regulators
Colour retention agents

E579 – Ferrous gluconate

Low danger
Plant origin
Artificial origin
Colour retention agents

E585 – Ferrous lactate

Low danger
Synthetic origin
Colour retention agents

E586 – Hexylresorcinol, 4-

Antioxidants
Colour retention agents

E1202 – Polyvinylpyrrolidone, insoluble

Stabilizers
Colour retention agents