Category: Glazing agents, gases and sweeteners
900–999 – GLAZING AGENTS, GASES AND SWEETENERS
900–909 Waxes
910–919 Synthetic glazes
920–929 Improving agents
930–949 Packaging gases
950–969 Sweeteners
990–999 Foaming agents
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E924 – Potassium bromate
E924 potassium bromate is a flour treatment agent once used to strengthen dough. It is not approved in the EU and major cancer and genotoxicity concerns support a RED safety rating.
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E917 – Potassium iodate
E917, potassium iodate, is an old flour improver that is not approved as an EU food additive, even though the U.S. still allows limited bread use. Because it adds physiologically active iodine through a staple food and safer alternatives exist, this draft grades it RED - UNSAFE.
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E900 – Dimethylpolysiloxane
E900 (Dimethylpolysiloxane, PDMS) is a silicone-based antifoaming agent used in frying oils, soft drinks and processed foods. EFSA’s 2020 re-evaluation set an ADI of 17 mg/kg bw/day and found no safety concern at authorised uses, so we grade it GREEN – SAFE for normal dietary exposure.
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E952 – Cyclamic Acid and Cyclamates
United States Food and Drug Administration does not approve cyclamates for food use. The European Union authorises E952 with maximum use levels -Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of 7 mg/kg body weight.
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E954 – Saccharin
Saccharin (E954) is an intense, zero‑calorie sweetener. It is legally approved but retains some controversy at high intakes, so we grade it ORANGE – SOME CONCERNS.
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E955 – Sucralose
Sucralose (E955) is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener. Approved globally, but controversial for gut health, metabolism, and safety when heated.
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E950 – Acesulfame K
Acesulfame potassium is a synthetic sweetener developed in the late 1960s by German chemists. Common Uses: Diet and “zero” soft drinks, sugar-free chewing gums, candies, and desserts, low-calorie yoghurts and baked goods (heat stable, unlike aspartame), tabletop sweetener blends (with aspartame, sucralose, or cyclamate), pharmaceuticals and oral hygiene products for palatability.
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E951 – Aspartame
Aspartame is a low-calorie, high-intensity sweetener about 200× sweeter than sucrose. Common Uses: Diet/zero-sugar soft drinks and energy drinks, sugar-free chewing gums and candies, tabletop sweetener sachets and tablets, low-calorie yoghurts, desserts, and gelatin mixes, pharmaceuticals and some oral care products.
