List of Food Additives - C

C

  • Cacao shell -
  • Cachou extract -
  • Cactus root extract -
  • Cadinene -
  • Caffeine - stimulant
  • Cajeput oil -
  • Calamus -
  • Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides - flavor enhancer
  • Calcium acetate - preservative, acidity regulator
  • Calcium alginate - thickener, vegetable gum, stabilizer, gelling agent, emulsifier
  • Calcium ascorbate - antioxidant (water soluble)
  • Calcium aluminosilicate (calcium aluminium silicate) - anti-caking agent
  • Calcium ascorbate (Vitamin C)
  • Calcium benzoate - preservative
  • Calcium bisulfite - preservative, antioxidant
  • Calcium carbonates - color (white), anticaking agent, stabiliser
  • Calcium chloride - mineral salt
  • Calcium citrates - food acid, firming agent
  • Calcium diglutamate - flavor enhancer
  • Calcium disodium EDTA - preservative
  • Calcium ferrocyanide - anti-caking agent
  • Calcium formate - preservative
  • Calcium fumarate - food acid
  • Calcium gluconate - acidity regulator
  • Calcium guanylate - flavor enhancer
  • Calcium hydrogen sulfite - preservative, antioxidant
  • Calcium hydroxide - mineral salt
  • Calcium inosinate - flavor enhancer
  • Calcium lactate - food acid
  • Calcium lactobionate - stabilizer
  • Calcium malates - food acid
  • Calcium oxide - mineral salt
  • Calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B5)
  • Calcium peroxide -
  • Calcium phosphates - mineral salt, anti-caking agent, firming agent
  • Calcium polyphosphates - anti-caking agent
  • Calcium propionate - preservative
  • Calcium salts of fatty acids - emulsifier, stabiliser, anti-caking agent
  • Calcium silicate - anti-caking agent
  • Calcium sorbate - preservative
  • Calcium stearoyl lactylate - emulsifier
  • Calcium sulfate - flour treatment agent, mineral salt, sequestrant, improving agent, firming agent
  • Calcium sulfite - preservative, antioxidant
  • Calcium tartrate - food acid, emulsifier
  • False flax oil made of the seeds of Camelina sativa - available in Russia as ????????? ?????. Considered promising as a food or fuel oil.
  • Camomile -
  • Candelilla wax - glazing agent
  • Candle nut -
  • Canola oil/Rapeseed oil, one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a (trademarked) cultivar of rapeseed.
  • Canthaxanthin - color
  • Caper (Capparis spinosa)
  • Capsanthin - color
  • Capsorubin - color
  • Carrageenan - A family of linear sulphated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds.
  • Caramel I (plain) - color (brown and black)
  • Caramel II (Caustic Sulfite process) - color (brown and black)
  • Caramel III (Ammonia process) - color (brown and black)
  • Caramel IV (Ammonia sulfite process) - color (brown and black)
  • Caraway -
  • Carbamide - flour treatment agent
  • Carbon black - color (brown and black)
  • Carbon dioxide - acidity regulator, propellant
  • Cardamom -
  • carmines - color (red)
  • Carmoisine - color (red) (FDA: Ext D&C Red #10)
  • Carnauba wax - glazing agent
  • Carob Pod -
  • Carob pod oil/Algaroba oil, used medicinally.
  • Carotenes - color
    • Alpha-carotene - color
    • Beta-carotene - color
    • Gamma-carotene - color
  • Carrageenan - thickener, vegetable gum, stabilizer, gelling agent, emulsifier
  • Carrot Oil -
  • Cashew oil - somewhat comparable to olive oil. May have value for fighting dental cavities.
  • Cassia -
  • Catechu extract -
  • Celery salt -
  • Celery seed -
  • Wheat germ oil - used as a food supplement, and for its "grainy" flavor. Also used medicinally. Highly unstable.
  • Chalk - color (white), anticaking agent, stabiliser
  • Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) -
  • Chicory -
  • Chicory Root Extract - High in Inulin
  • Chile pepper -
  • Chili powder -
  • Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) -
  • Chlorine dioxide - flour treatment agent
  • Chlorine - flour treatment agent
  • Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins - color (green)
  • Chocolate Brown HT - color
  • Choline salts and esters - emulsifier
  • Chrysoine resorcinol - color (red)
  • Cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
  • Cilantro (see Coriander) (Coriandrum sativum)
  • Cinnamon -
  • Cinnamon oil - used for flavoring.
  • Citranaxanthin - color
  • Citric acid - food acid
  • Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids - emulsifier
  • Citrus red 2 - color (red)
  • Cloves -
  • Cochineal - color (red)
  • Coconut oil - a cooking oil, high in saturated fat - particularly used in baking and cosmetics.
  • Sage (Salvia officinalis) -
  • Copper complexes of chlorophylls - color (green)
  • Coriander -
  • Coriander seed oil - used medicinally. Also used as a flavoring agent in pharmaceutical and food industries.
  • Corn oil - one of the most common, and inexpensive cooking oils.
  • Corn syrup -
  • Cottonseed oil - a major food oil, often used in industrial food processing.
  • Cress -
  • Crocetin - color
  • Crocin - color
  • Crosslinked Sodium carboxymethylcellulose - emulsifier
  • Cryptoxanthin - color
  • Cumin -
  • Cumin oil/Black seed oil - used as a flavor, particularly in meat products. Also used in veterinary medicine.
  • Cupric sulfate - mineral salt
  • Curcumin - color (yellow and orange)
  • Curry powder -
  • Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) -
  • Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) -
  • Cyclamates - artificial sweetener
  • Cyclamic acid - artificial sweetener
  • beta-cyclodextrin - emulsifier
  • Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus, C. flexuosus, and other species) -

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