Editing E number (section)

===E100–E199 (colours)<span class="anchor" id="E100–E199"></span>===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Code
!Name(s)
!Colour
!Status
|-
|E100
|[[Curcumin]] (from [[turmeric]])
|Yellow-orange
|Approved in the EU.<ref name=FSAlist>{{cite web |title=Current EU approved additives and their E Numbers |publisher=[[Food Standards Agency]] |location=United Kingdom |year=2010 |url=http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/additivesbranch/enumberlist |access-date=26 November 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007124435/http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/additivesbranch/enumberlist |url-status=live }}</ref> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors">{{cite web |title=Summary of Color Additives for Use in United States in Foods, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Medical Devices |publisher=[[United States Food and Drug Administration]] |url=https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422154919/https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|E101
|[[Riboflavin]] (Vitamin B<sub>2</sub>), formerly called lactoflavin
|Yellow-orange
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E101a]]
|[[Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate]]
|Yellow-orange
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E102]]
|[[Tartrazine]] (FD&C Yellow 5)
|Yellow
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E103]]
|[[Alkannin]]<ref>[http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Additives%20alpha.pdf Additives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406040011/http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Additives%20alpha.pdf |date=6 April 2011 }}, [[Food Standards Australia New Zealand]]</ref>
|Red-brown
|
|-
|[[E104]]
|[[Quinoline Yellow WS]]
|Dull or greenish yellow
||Restricted use approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><ref name="1129/2011" /> 
|-
|[[Fast Yellow AB|E105]]
|[[Fast Yellow AB]]
|Yellow
|Forbidden in the EU and US.<ref>{{Citation |title=Fast Yellow AB |date=2022-12-12 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fast_Yellow_AB&oldid=1127048660 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-09-02 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[E106]]
|[[Riboflavin-5-Sodium Phosphate]]
|Yellow
|
|-
|E107
|[[Yellow 2G]]
|Yellow
|
|-
|E110
|[[Sunset Yellow FCF]] (Orange Yellow S, FD&C Yellow 6)
|Yellow-orange
|Restricted use approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><ref name="1129/2011" /><br>Banned in [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/foodsafety/additives.html |work=CBC News |title=Food additives |date=29 September 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130909224854/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/foodsafety/additives.html |archive-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><br>Products in the EU require warnings and its use is being phased out.<ref name="1129/2011" /> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|E111
|[[Orange GGN]]
|Orange
|
|-
|E120
|[[Cochineal]], [[Carminic acid]], [[Carmine]] (Natural Red 4)
|Crimson
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|E121
|[[Citrus Red 2]]
|Orange to pink
|Approved in the United States only for use in colouring the skin of oranges.<ref>{{CodeFedReg|21|74|302}}</ref>
|-
|[[E122]]
|[[Carmoisine]] (azorubine)
|Red to maroon
||Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><br>Undergoing a voluntary phase-out in the UK.<br>Currently banned in Canada, Japan, Norway, USA {{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}<br>EU currently evaluating health risks.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
|-
|E123
|[[Amaranth (dye)|Amaranth]] (FD&C Red 2)
|Red
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Banned in the United States.<ref name=time>{{cite magazine |title=Death of a Dye |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945520,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2 February 1976 |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219205740/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945520,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[E124]]
|[[Ponceau 4R]] (Cochineal Red A, Brilliant Scarlet 4R)
|Pink
|Restricted use approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><ref name="1129/2011" />
|-
|E125
|[[Ponceau SX]], [[Scarlet GN]]
|Red
|Only permitted for externally applied drugs and cosmetics in the US.<ref>{{CodeFedReg|21|81|10}}</ref><ref>{{CodeFedReg|21|81|30}}</ref><ref>{{CodeFedReg|21|82|304}}</ref>
|-
|E126
|[[Ponceau 6R]]
|Red
|
|-
|E127
|[[Erythrosine]] (FD&C Red 3)
|Pink
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Banned in the US.<ref name="FDA Red 3">{{cite web |title=FDA to Revoke Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs |url=https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-revoke-authorization-use-red-no-3-food-and-ingested-drugs |website=FDA |access-date=16 January 2025 |last1=Program |first1=Human Foods |date=15 January 2025 }}</ref>
|-
|E128
|[[Red 2G]]
|Red or pink
|Not approved in the EU.<ref name="1129/2011" />
|-
|E129
|[[Allura Red AC]] (FD&C Red 40)
|Red
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><br>Banned in [[Switzerland]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}<br>Undergoing a voluntary phase out in the UK.<br>Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|E130
|[[Indanthrene blue RS]]
|Blue
|
|-
|[[E131]]
|[[Patent Blue V]]
|Sky blue
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
Banned in the US and Australia.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
|-
|[[E132]]
|[[Indigo carmine]] (indigotine, FD&C Blue 2)
|Indigo
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E133]]
|[[Brilliant blue FCF]] (FD&C Blue 1)
|Blue
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|E140
|[[Chlorophyll]]s and [[Chlorophyllin]]s:<br>(i) Chlorophylls<br>(ii) Chlorophyllins
|Green
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|E141
|Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins<br>(i) Copper complexes of chlorophylls<br>ii) Copper complexes of chlorophyllins
|Green
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E142]]
|[[Green S]]
|Green
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E143]]
|[[Fast Green FCF]] (FD&C Green 3)
|Turquoise
|Approved in the US. Banned in the EU.
|-
|[[E150a]]
|[[Caramel coloring|Plain caramel]]
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E150b]]
|[[Caramel coloring|Caustic sulfite caramel]]
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E150c]]
|[[Caramel coloring|Ammonia caramel]]
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E150d]]
|[[Caramel coloring|Sulfite ammonia caramel]]
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E151]]
|[[Black PN]], [[Brilliant Black BN]]
|Black
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E152]]
|[[Carbon black]] (hydrocarbon)
|Black
|
|-
|[[E153]]
|[[Vegetable carbon]]
|Black
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Banned in the US. <ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm106626.htm |title=Color Additive Status List |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=2011-10-27}}</ref>
|-
|[[E154]]
|[[Brown FK]] (kipper brown)
|Brown
|Previously approved in the EU for dyeing kippers only: approval withdrawn November 2011.<ref name="1129/2011">{{cite web |title=Regulations: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1129/2011 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0001:0177:En:PDF |publisher=[[European Commission]] |date=11 November 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111120012046/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0001:0177:En:PDF |archive-date=20 November 2011}}</ref>
|-
|[[E155]]
|[[Brown HT]] (chocolate brown HT)
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E160a]]
|[[Alpha-carotene]], [[Beta-carotene]], [[Gamma-carotene]]
|Yellow-orange to brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>  Only beta-carotene is approved in the US <ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E160b]]
|[[Annatto]], [[bixin]], [[norbixin]]
|Orange
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E160c]]
|[[Paprika oleoresin]]: (i) [[capsanthin]], (ii) [[capsorubin]]
|Red
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E160d]]
|[[Lycopene]]
|Bright to deep red
|Restricted use approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/><ref name="1129/2011" /> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E160e]]
|[[Beta-apo-8'-carotenal]] (C 30)
|Orange-red to yellow
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E160f]]
|[[Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid]] (C 30)
|Orange-red to yellow
|Not approved in the EU.<ref name="1129/2011" />
|-
|[[E161a]]
|[[Flavoxanthin]]
|Golden-yellow and brownish
|
|-
|[[E161b]]
|[[Lutein]]
|Orange-red to yellow
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E161c]]
|[[Cryptoxanthin]]
|Orange-red
|
|-
|[[E161d]]
|[[Rubixanthin]]
|Orange-red
|
|-
|[[E161e]]
|[[Violaxanthin]]
|Orange
|
|-
|[[E161f]]
|[[Rhodoxanthin]]
|Purple
|
|-
|[[E161g]]
|[[Canthaxanthin]]
|Violet
|Not approved in the EU.<ref name="1129/2011" /> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E161h]]
|[[Zeaxanthin]]
|Orange-red
|
|-
|[[E161i]]
|[[Citranaxanthin]]
|Deep violet
|
|-
|[[E161j]]
|[[Astaxanthin]]
|Red
|
|-
|[[E162]]
|[[Beetroot Red]], [[Betanin]]
|Red
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E163]]
|[[Anthocyanins]]
|[[pH indicator|pH dependent]]<br>(Red, green and purple ranges)
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
||[[E164 (E number)|E164]]
|[[Saffron]]
|Orange-red<sup>[colour?]</sup>
|  Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|E170
|[[Calcium carbonate]], [[Chalk]]
|White
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E171]]
|[[Titanium dioxide]]
|White
|No longer approved in the EU as of June 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2022/63 of 14 January 2022 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R0063 |date=14 January 2022 |publisher=European Commission |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317181113/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R0063 |url-status=live }}</ref> due to the identification of potential carcinogenic effects.<ref>{{cite news |title=E171: EU watchdog says food colouring widely used in UK is unsafe; European Commission to propose ban after finding that carcinogenic effects cannot be ruled out |work=The Guardian |author=Daniel Boffey |date=6 May 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/06/e171-eu-watchdog-says-food-colouring-widely-used-in-uk-is-unsafe |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507125633/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/06/e171-eu-watchdog-says-food-colouring-widely-used-in-uk-is-unsafe |url-status=live }}</ref><br>Approved in the US.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E172]]
|[[Iron oxide]]s and [[iron hydroxide]]s
|Brown
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/> Approved in the US for sausage casings.<ref name="FDA colors"/>
|-
|[[E173]]
|Aluminium
|Silver to grey
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E174]]
|Silver
|Silver
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E175 (E number)|E175]]
|Gold
|Gold
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[E180]]
|[[Pigment Rubine]], [[Lithol Rubine BK]]
|Red
|Approved in the EU.<ref name="FSAlist"/>
|-
|[[Tannic acid|E181]]
|[[Tannin]]
|Brown
|
|-
|[[E182]]
|[[Orcein]], [[Orchil]]
|Purple
|
|}