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

Our database lists 43 food additives that are approved in United States while banned, restricted, or required to carry warning labels in Brazil.

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

0 additives go the other way: approved in Brazil 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. Brazil

43 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

43 allowed in United States that Brazil restricts.

Azodicarbonamide
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Benzene
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Boric Acid
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Calamus Extract--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Calamus Oil--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Calamus--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Calcium Bromate
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Calcium Cyclamate--prohibited
E952
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Chlorofluorocarbon 113
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Chlorofluorocarbons--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Chloroform
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Chloromethyl Methyl Ether
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Chloropentafluoroethane
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Cobaltous Chloride--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Coumarin--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Cyclamate--prohibited
E952
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Dichlorodifluoromethane
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Diethyl Pyrocarbonate-- Prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Dulcin--prohibited
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Ethylene Dichloride
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Ethylene Oxide--nlfg
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
FD&C Red No. 2--delisted
E123
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Formaldehyde
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Magnesium Cyclamate--prohibited
E952
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Methylene Chloride
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Monochloroacetic Acid--prohibited With Exceptions
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Pennyroyal, Oil, American (hedeoma Pulegiodes (l.))
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Phenol
United States
approved
Brazil
banned
Astaxanthin
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Benzoyl Peroxide
E928
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Chicle, Venezuelan (manilkara Williamsii Standley And Related Spp.)
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Chlorine
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Chlorine Dioxide
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Chlorine Solution, Aqueous
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Enzymes, Proteolytic
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
FD&C Red No. 40, Aluminum Lake
E129
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Aluminum Lake
E102
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Calcium Lake
E102
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6, Calcium Lake
E110
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
O-phenylphenol
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Ozone
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Peracetic Acid
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted
Potassium Bromate
United States
approved
Brazil
restricted

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0 allowed in Brazil that United States restricts.

No differences in this direction.

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