| Name | Other Names | Purpose | Source |
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EDTA |
Ethylenediaminetetaacetic acid |
Colorless, water soluble crystalline solid added to some foods as preservative or stabilizer to prevent discoloration, used in soft drinks it inhibits formation of benzene, carcinogen |
Synthetic |
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Egg |
Chicken egg |
Egg white, shell and yolk used in baked goods, cooked foods and dishes and cuisines across the globe |
Laid by birds |
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Egg White |
Albumen, glair |
Used to create foams, fortifying foods with protein, clarifying agent for wine, in frothy cocktails |
Isolated from eggs |
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Egg Yolk |
Yolk, vitellus |
Fatty aldehyde used as a flavoring agent |
Isolated from eggs |
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Elderberry |
Sambucus, elder |
Anthocyanidins extracted can be used as red coloring agent, used to make elderberry wine Uncooked berries and parts of the plant are poisonous |
Sambucus plant |
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Eleutherococcus senticosus |
Devil's bush, siberian ginseng, eleuthero |
Used to make ginseng tea Insufficient evidence on health claims |
Synthesized |
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Epazote |
Wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu, dysphania, ambrosioides, mastruz |
Used as a vegetable, herb, tea, flavoring agent, soups and Mexican cuisine |
Annual D. ambrosioides plant, native to temperate & subtropical areas of Europe and America |
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Epsom salt |
E518, Magnesium sulfate |
Brewing salt in making beer, coagulant in tofu making, hardening agent for canned frutis and vegetables |
Synthesized by reacting magnesium salts with sulphuric acid |
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Erythorbin acid |
E315, isoascorbic acid, D-araboascorbic acid |
Vitamic C fortification with low absorption, preservative & anti-oxidant in cured meats, frozen vegetables and salad ingredients |
Synthesized by bacterial fermentation, ascorbic acid found in citrus fruits and vegetables |
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Erythrosine |
E127, Red No. 3 |
Red food coloring used in candies, popsicles and cake decorations, coloring pistachio shells
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Synthetic, disodium salt of 2,4,5,7-tetraiodofluorescein |
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Erythritol |
E968 |
Non-caloric sweetener used in beverages, baked goods, sugar-free condiments and confectionery |
Occurs in fruit and fermented foods, produced by yeast fermentation of glucose |
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Ethanol |
E1510, ethyl alcohol, alcohol, drinking alcohol |
Even distribution of food coloring, enhancing flavor extracts, manufacturing alcoholic drinks such as vodka, gin & anisette |
By product of yeast fermentation, overripe fruits, icy coating in interstellar clouds |
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Ethyl maltol |
E637 |
Sweet flavor enhancer and aromatic used in fruits and confectionaries |
Produced from maltol, extracted from bark of lark trees or malt |
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Ethyl methyl cellulose |
E465 |
Vegetable gum used as thickening agent, filler, fiber, anti-clumping agent, foaming agent and emulsifier |
Derived from cellulose, found in all plants |
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Ethylparaben |
E214, Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate |
Anti-fungal & anti-yeast poorly soluble preservative |
Synthetic, derived from Benzoic acid, found in fruits and berries |
|
Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid |
EDTA |
Colorless, water soluble crystalline solid added to some foods as preservative or stabilizer to prevent discoloration, used in soft drinks it inhibits formation of benzene, carcinogen |
Synthetic |
|
Evening primrose |
Evening star, sundrop, oenothera biennis |
Edible plant, roots cooked or eaten raw, leaves used in soups & salads, flowering stem used in salad, pickled, garnish or fried, seed used as alternative to sesame and in baked goods |
Species of Oenothera native to North Americas and subtropical reg |
