How many additives are allowed in United States but banned in Australia?

Our database lists 70 food additives that are approved in United States while banned, restricted, or required to carry warning labels in Australia.

How many additives are allowed in Australia but banned in United States?

0 additives go the other way: approved in Australia but flagged in United States.

Where does this data come from?

Status entries are sourced from FDA Substances Added to Food, EFSA OpenFoodTox, OpenFDA, and national equivalents. Several non-EU/non-US countries are inferred from EU/US baselines where direct sources are unavailable — see methodology.

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United States vs. Australia

70 regulatory differences across our database. Every additive below is approved in one of these countries while restricted, labeled, or banned in the other.

🇺🇸 Approved · 🇦🇺 Banned, restricted or warning

70 allowed in United States that Australia restricts.

Azodicarbonamide
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Benzene
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Boric Acid
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Calamus
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Calamus Extract
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Calamus Oil
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Calcium Bromate
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chlorine
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chlorine Dioxide
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chlorine Solution, Aqueous
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chlorofluorocarbon 113
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chlorofluorocarbons
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chloroform
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chloromethyl Methyl Ether
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Chloropentafluoroethane
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Cinnamyl Anthranilate
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Cobalt Sulfate
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Cobaltous Chloride
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Coumarin
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Cyclamate
E952
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Dichlorodifluoromethane
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Diethyl Pyrocarbonate
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Dulcin
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Ethoxyquin
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Ethylene Dichloride
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Ethylene Oxide
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Green No. 1
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Green No. 2
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Green No. 3
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Green No. 3, Aluminum Lake
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Green No. 3, Calcium Lake
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 1
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 2
E123
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 3
E127
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 3, Aluminum Lake
E127
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 3, Calcium Lake
E127
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 4
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 40
E129
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 40, Aluminum Lake
E129
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Red No. 40, Calcium Lake
E129
United States
approved
Australia
banned
FD&C Violet No. 1
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Formaldehyde
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Magnesium Cyclamate
E952
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Methylene Chloride
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Monochloroacetic Acid
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Orange B
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Pennyroyal, Oil, American (hedeoma Pulegiodes (l.))
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Phenol
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Potassium Bromate
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Titanium Dioxide
E171
United States
approved
Australia
banned
Almond, Bitter, Oil (ffpa) (prunus Spp.)
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Alum (double Sulfate Of Al And Nh4, K, Or Na)
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Benzoyl Peroxide
E928
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Butylated Hydroxyanisole
E320
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Butylated Hydroxytoluene
E321
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5
E102
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Aluminum Lake
E102
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Calcium Lake
E102
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6
E110
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6, Aluminum Lake
E110
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6, Calcium Lake
E110
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Nitrates, Sodium & Potassium
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Nitrites, Sodium & Potassium
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Nitrous Oxide
E942
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
O-phenylphenol
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Ozone
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Odorless, Light
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Sodium Nitrate
E251
United States
approved
Australia
restricted
Sodium Nitrite
E250
United States
approved
Australia
restricted

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0 allowed in Australia that United States restricts.

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