How many additives are allowed in United States but banned in European Union?

Our database lists 26 food additives that are approved in United States while banned, restricted, or required to carry warning labels in European Union.

How many additives are allowed in European Union but banned in United States?

0 additives go the other way: approved in European Union 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. European Union

26 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

26 allowed in United States that European Union restricts.

Azodicarbonamide
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Chlorine
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Chlorine Dioxide
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Chlorine Solution, Aqueous
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Green No. 3
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Green No. 3, Aluminum Lake
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Green No. 3, Calcium Lake
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 3
E127
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 3, Aluminum Lake
E127
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 3, Calcium Lake
E127
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 40
E129
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 40, Aluminum Lake
E129
United States
approved
European Union
banned
FD&C Red No. 40, Calcium Lake
E129
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Orange B
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Potassium Bromate
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Titanium Dioxide
E171
United States
approved
European Union
banned
Butylated Hydroxyanisole
E320
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
Butylated Hydroxytoluene
E321
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5
E102
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Aluminum Lake
E102
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 5, Calcium Lake
E102
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6
E110
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6, Aluminum Lake
E110
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
FD&C Yellow No. 6, Calcium Lake
E110
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
Sodium Nitrate
E251
United States
approved
European Union
restricted
Sodium Nitrite
E250
United States
approved
European Union
restricted

🇪🇺 Approved · 🇺🇸 Banned, restricted or warning

0 allowed in European Union that United States restricts.

No differences in this direction.

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