Guide to Food Additives - I
| Name | Other Names | Purpose | Sourced |
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Indanthrene blue RS |
E130, indanthrene |
Food dye Not approved in USA and EU |
Synthetic |
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Indigo carmine |
Indigo, FD&C Blue No. 2, Indigotine |
Blue food color |
Found in several plants, synthesized for commercial purposes |
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Indole |
!-benzazole |
Floral smell at very low concentrations |
Found in human feces |
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Inosinate |
E630, Inosinic acid, inosine monophosphate, IMP |
Flavor enhancer, especially umami taste, in soups, sauces, seasonings and meat products |
chickenby product and meat waste |
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Inositol |
myo-inositol, phaseomannite, Vitamin B8 |
Sweetener, half as a sweet as table sugar |
Produced in human kidneys, 2 grams per day, found in the brain to create neurotransmitters and steroid hormones, found in fruits such as cantaloupe & oranges, beans, grains and nuts |
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Insoluble fiber |
Dietary fiber, roughage |
Insoluble in water, inert to digestive enzymes and usually fermented by the colon, bulking agent, thickening agent, used in various foods |
Various types found in fruits and vegetables |
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Inulin |
glucose-fructose syrup, isoglucose |
Lightly sweet sweetener, filler, low calorie, soluble in water, prebiotic, used in various food products |
Primarily extracted from chicory roots, found in thousands of fruits, vegetables and cereals |
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Invert sugar |
Invert syrup |
Used in jams, golden syrup, chocolate fondants, alcoholic beverages, sour patch kids and creme eggs |
Dissolving table sugar(sucrose) in water, combination of glucose and fructose |
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Invertase |
Saccharase, glucosucrase, invertin, sucrase |
Enzyme that speeds up breakdown of sucrose(table sugar) into fructose and glucose, Chocolate covered cherries, fondant candies, specialties |
Derived from yeast, made by bees to convert nectar into honey |
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Iron ammonium citrate |
E381, Ammonium ferric citrate |
Acidity regulator, salt, soft drinks, anti-caking agent
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Synthetic |
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Iron oxides |
E172 |
Coating surfaces, orange/brown/black/yellow/red color |
Made from oxidation of iron powder |
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Isobutane |
E943b, i-butane |
Used as a propellant in spray cans |
Isomer of butane, a natural gas |
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Isomalt |
E953 |
Sugar alcohol, low calorie, used in sugar-free candies, confections, lowest cooling effect among sugar alcohols |
Modified starch made from tapioca starch |
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Isopropyl citrates |
Hyssopus officinalis |
Used in herb mixtures, steaming, plant used to making aromatic honey, condiments and flavoring liqueur, lower crystallization than sucrose |
Synthesized from sucrose(table sugar) |
