List of Food Additives - B

B

• Babassu oil - similar to, and used as a substitute for coconut oil.
• Baking powder - leavening agent; includes acid and base
• Baking soda - food base
• Balm, lemon -
• Balm oil -
• Balsam Peru -
• Barberry -
• Barley flour -
• Basil (Ocimum basilicum) -
• Basil extract -
• Bay leaves -
• Beeswax - glazing agent
• Beet red - color (red)
• Beetroot red - color (red)
• Ben oil - extracted from the seeds of the moringa oleifera. High in behenic acid. Extremely stable edible oil. Also suitable for biofuel.
• Bentonite - anti-caking agent
• Benzoic acid - preservative
• Benzoyl peroxide - flour treatment agent
• Berebere -
• Bergamot - in Earl Grey tea
• Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30) - color
• Beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid ethyl ester - color
• Betanin - color (red)
• Biphenyl - preservative
• Bison grass (Hierochloe odorata)
• Bixin - color
• Black 7984 - color (brown and black)
• Black cardamom -
• Black cumin -
• Blackcurrant seed oil - used as a food supplement, because of high content of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Also used in cosmetics.
• Black limes -
• Pepper (black, white, and green) -
• Black PN - color (brown and black)
• Bleached starch - thickener, vegetable gum
• Bolivian Coriander (Porophyllum ruderale) -
• Bone phosphate - anti-caking agent
• Borage (Borago officinalis) -
• Borage seed oil - similar to blackcurrant seed oil - used primarily medicinally.
• Borax - preservative
• Boric acid - preservative
• Brilliant Black BN- color (brown and black)
• Brilliant blue FCF - color (FDA: FD&C Blue #1)
• Brilliant Scarlet 4R - color (FDA: Ext D&C Red #8)
• Brominated vegetable oil - emulsifier, stabiliser
• Brown FK - color (brown and black)
• Bush tomato -
• Butane - propellant
• Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) - antioxidant (fat soluble)
• Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) - antioxidant (fat soluble)