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Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)

Type Regulation

Publication 2008-12-31

Last updated 2026-08-18

State In force

Department Council of the European Union, European Parliament

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Reform history JSON API

E-number	Name
E 200	Sorbic acid
E 202	Potassium sorbate

Table 3

Sulphur dioxide — sulphites

E-number	Name
E 220	Sulphur dioxide
E 221	Sodium sulphite
E 222	Sodium hydrogen sulphite
E 223	Sodium metabisulphite
E 224	Potassium metabisulphite
E 226	Calcium sulphite
E 227	Calcium hydrogen sulphite
E 228	Potassium hydrogen sulphite

Table 4

Polysorbates

E-number	Name
E 432	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (polysorbate 20)
E 433	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (polysorbate 80)
E 434	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (polysorbate 40)
E 435	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate (polysorbate 60)
E 436	Polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate (polysorbate 65)

Table 5

Sorbitan esters

E-number	Name
E 491	Sorbitan monostearate
E 492	Sorbitan tristearate
E 493	Sorbitan monolaurate
E 494	Sorbitan monooleate
E 495	Sorbitan monopalmitate

Table 6

Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates

E-number	Name
E 338	Phosphoric acid
E 339	Sodium phosphates
E 340	Potassium phosphates
E 341	Calcium phosphates
E 343	Magnesium phosphates
E 450	Diphosphates
E 451	Triphosphates
E 452	Polyphosphates

Table 7

Alginic acid — alginates

E-number	Name
E 400	Alginic acid
E 401	Sodium alginate
E 402	Potassium alginate
E 403	Ammonium alginate

E 404	Calcium alginate

Table 8

Tartaric acid – tartrates


E-number	Name
E 334	Tartaric acid (L(+)-)
E 335	Sodium tartrates
E 336	Potassium tartrates
E 337	Sodium potassium tartrate
E 354	Calcium tartrate

ANNEX IV

Traditional foods for which certain Member States may continue to prohibit the use of certain categories of food additives

Member State	Foods	Categories of additives which may continue to be banned
Germany	Traditional German beer (Bier nach deutschem Reinheitsgebot gebraut)	All except propellant gases
France	Traditional French bread	All
France	Traditional French preserved truffles	All
France	Traditional French preserved snails	All
France	Traditional French goose and duck preserves (confit)	All
Austria	Traditional Austrian ‘Bergkäse’	All except preservatives
Finland	Traditional Finnish ‘Mämmi’	All except preservatives
Sweden Finland	Traditional Swedish and Finnish fruit syrups	Colours
Denmark	Traditional Danish ‘Kødboller’	Preservatives and colours
Denmark	Traditional Danish ‘Leverpostej’	Preservatives (other than sorbic acid) and colours
Spain	Traditional Spanish ‘Lomo embuchado’	All except preservatives and antioxidants
Italy	Traditional Italian ‘Mortadella’	All except preservatives, antioxidants, pH-adjusting agents, flavour enhancers, stabilisers and packaging gas
Italy	Traditional Italian ‘Cotechino e zampone’	All except preservatives, antioxidants, pH-adjusting agents, flavour enhancers, stabilisers and packaging gas

ANNEX V

List of the food colours referred to in Article 24 for which the labelling of foods shall include additional information

Foods containing one or more of the following food colours	Information
Sunset yellow (E 110) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Quinoline yellow (E 104) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Carmoisine (E 122) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Allura red (E 129) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Tartrazine (E 102) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Ponceau 4R (E 124) [^E0057]	‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.

With the exception of:

(a) foods where the colour(s) has been used for the purposes of health or other marking on meat products or for stamping or decorative colouring on eggshells; and (b) beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol.

[^E0001]: See page 34 of this Official Journal.

[^E0002]: OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32.

[^E0003]: OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 69.

[^E0004]: OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. Corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22.

[^E0005]: OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 21.

[^E0006]: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1).

[^E0032]: applicable until 31 January 2014.

[^E0033]: applicable from 1 February 2014.

[^E0047]: OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1925/oj.

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