| Name | Other Names | Purpose | Sourced |
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Heliotropin |
Piperonal |
Used as a fragrant and flavoring agent similar to vanillin or cherry |
Exists in plants such as dill, vanilla, violet flowers and black pepper |
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Helium |
E939 |
Inert gas used in packaging, as a propellant and canned products |
Found in the Earth's atmosphere, natural gas & radioactive decay of uranium & tthorium |
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Hemp Oil |
hempseed oil |
Used as a food oil |
Extracted from Cannabis sativa plant |
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Heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate |
E209, Heptylparaben |
Used as a preservative |
Produced by microorganisms |
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Hexamine |
E239, methenamine, urotropin, hexamethylene tetramine |
Water-soluble, used as an anti-fungal preservative in fish and dairy products Approved in EU. Not approved in USA, Russia, Australia & New Zealand. |
Synthesized from formaldehyde & ammonia |
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Hexyl acetate |
n-Hexyl acetate |
Used as a flavoring agent because of fruity smell |
Present in fruits such as apples, alcoholic beverages and plums |
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High fructose corn syrup |
glucose-fructose syrup, isoglucose |
Replacement for table sugar(sucrose) in food industry, used in sweet foods, pancake syrups and soft drinks |
Made from corn starch |
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Horseradish |
"Western wasabi" |
Used to make condiments, sauce, wasabi substitute, ingredient in global cuisines, garnishing and as a vegetable |
Plant of family Brassicaceae |
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Hydrochloric acid |
E507, Chlorane, Muriatic acid, Spirits of salt, hydronium chloride |
Used as an acidity regulator in cheese and beer brewing |
Gastric acid in stomach, synthesized used salt and sulphuric acid |
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Hydroxypropyl cellulose |
E463, HPC, hyprolose |
Water soluble used as a thickening agent, binder, emulsifier, clumping agent, fiber & filler
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Found in cellulose from plants and prepared using wood and synthetically |
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Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate |
E1442,HDP |
Used as a thickening agent, |
Modified resistant starch |
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Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose |
E464, hypromellose, HPMC |
Water soluble thickening agent, filler, fiber, suspending agent and emulsifier |
Synthesized using cellulose found in plants |
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Hydroxypropyl starch |
E1440 |
Thickening agent in foods, fermented by intestinal microbiota |
Modified starch made from tapioca starch |
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Hyssop |
Hyssopus officinalis |
Used in herb mixtures, steaming, plant used to making aromatic honey, condiments and flavoring liqueur |
Produced by certain fungi and insects |
