What are the common names or abreviations used for enumber

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I’m trying to put together table of common references of numbers… for example e470 is commonly referred to as dmg,
but there are many ingredients for which I’m not sure what the common reference will be… Here is my table so far

Rclean Common Name Common Reference Product Type
E100 curcumin turmeric Natural Yellow Colour
E101 riboflavin vitamin b2 lactoflavin
E101a riboflavin-5’-phosphate Natural Yellow Colour Yellow Colour
E102 tartrazine fd&c yellow 5 Synthetic Yellow Colour
E103 alkannin Synthetic Brown Brown Food Colour
E104 quinoline yellow ws Synthetic Yellow Colour Yellow Colour
E105 fast yellow ab Synthetic Yellow Colour Yellow Colour
E106 riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate riboflavin sodium riboflavin
E107 yellow 2g yellow 2g
E110 sunset yellow fcf orange yellow s fd&c yellow 6
E111 orange ggn orange colour
E120 cochineal carminic acid carmine red 4
E121 citrus red 2 red food colour
E122 carmoisine azorubine
E123 amaranth fd&c red 2
E124 ponceau 4r cochineal red a brilliant scarlet 4r
E125 ponceau sx scarlet gn
E126 ponceau 6r red colour
E127 erythrosine fd&c red 3
E128 red 2g red or pink colour
E129 allura red ac fd&c red 40
E130 indanthrene blue rs indanthrene blue
E131 patent blue v patent blue
E132 indigo carmine indigotine fd&c blue 2
E133 brilliant blue fcf fd&c blue 1
E140 chlorophylls and chlorophyllins: chlorophylls chlorophyllins green
E141 copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins copper complexes of chlorophylls copper complexes of chlorophyllins green
E142 green s green colour
E143 fast green fcf fd&c green 3
E150a plain caramel natural brown colour caramel
E150b caustic sulfite caramel natural brown colour caramel
E150c ammonia caramel natural brown colour caramel
E150d sulfite ammonia caramel natural brown colour caramel
E151 black pn brilliant black bn black food colour
E152 carbon black hydrocarbon black food colour
E153 vegetable carbon black food colour vegetable
E154 brown fk kipper brown brown colour
E155 brown ht chocolate brown ht brown colour
E160a alpha-carotene beta-carotene gamma-carotene
E160b annatto bixin norbixin
E160c paprika oleoresin capsanthin
E160d lycopene tomato extract tomato oleoresin
E160e beta-apo-8’-carotenal c 30
E160f ethyl ester of beta-apo-8’-carotenic acid c 30
E161a flavoxanthin Flavoxanthin
E161b lutein marigold extract marigold oleoresin
E161c cryptoxanthin Cryptoxanthin
E161d rubixanthin Rubixanthin
E161e violaxanthin Violaxanthin
E161f rhodoxanthin Rhodoxanthin
E161g canthaxanthin Canthaxanthin
E161h zeaxanthin Zeaxanthin
E161i citranaxanthin Citranaxanthin
E161j astaxanthin Astaxanthin
E162 beetroot red betanin beetroot extract
E163 anthocyanins natural blue
E164 saffron saffron saffron
E170 calcium carbonate chalk CaCO3
E171 titanium dioxide TiO2 titanium dioxide
E172 iron oxides and iron hydroxides iron oxide brown food colour
E173 aluminium grey colour
E174 silver silver colour
E175 gold gold colour
E180 pigment rubine lithol rubine bk
E181 tannin brown colour
E182 orcein orchil
E200 sorbic acid sorbic acid
E201 sodium sorbate sodium sorbate
E202 potassium sorbate potassium sorbate
E203 calcium sorbate calcium
E209 heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate heptyl p
E210 benzoic acid benzoic
E211 sodium benzoate sodium
E212 potassium benzoate potassium
E213 calcium benzoate calcium
E214 ethylparaben ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate
E215 sodium ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate paraben
E216 propylparaben propyl para-hydroxybenzoate
E217 sodium propyl para-hydroxybenzoate paraben
E218 methylparaben methyl para-hydroxybenzoate
E219 sodium methyl para-hydroxybenzoate paraben
E220 sulfur dioxide SO2 sulfur
E221 sodium sulfite sulfite
E222 sodium bisulfite sodium hydrogen sulfite sodium bisulfite
E223 sodium metabisulfite sulfite
E224 potassium metabisulfite sulfite
E225 potassium sulfite sulfite
E226 calcium sulfite sulfite
E227 calcium hydrogen sulfite sulfite
E228 potassium hydrogen sulfite sulfite
E230 biphenyl diphenyl
E231 orthophenyl phenol phenol
E232 sodium orthophenyl phenol sodium orthophenyl
E233 thiabendazole thiabendazole
E234 nisin nisin
E235 natamycin pimaracin
E236 formic acid formic acid
E237 sodium formate sodium formate
E238 calcium formate caclcium formate
E239 hexamine hexamethylene tetramine
E240 formaldehyde formaldeyhyde’
E242 dimethyl dicarbonate dmdc
E249 potassium nitrite potassium nitrite
E250 sodium nitrite sodium nitrite
E251 sodium nitrate chile saltpetre sodium nitrate
E252 potassium nitrate saltpetre
E260 acetic acid acetic acid
E261 potassium acetate potassium acetate
E262 sodium acetates sodium acetate sodium diacetate
E263 calcium acetate calcium acetate
E264 ammonium acetate ammonium
E265 dehydroacetic acid dehydroacetic acid
E266 sodium dehydroacetate sodium dehydoracetate
E270 lactic acid lactic acid
E280 propionic acid propionic acid
E281 sodium propionate sodium propionate
E282 calcium propionate calcium propionate
E283 potassium propionate potassium propionate
E284 boric acid boric acid
E285 sodium tetraborate borax
E290 carbon dioxide carbon dioxide
E296 malic acid acid malic
E297 fumaric acid fumaric fumaric acid
E300 ascorbic acid vitamin c vitamin c
E301 sodium ascorbate sodium ascorbate
E302 calcium ascorbate calcium ascorbate
E303 potassium ascorbate potassium ascorbate
E304 fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid ascorbyl palmitate
E305 ascorbyl stearate ascorbyl stearate
E306 tocopherols vitamin e natural
E307 alpha-tocopherol alpha-tocopherol alpha tocopherol
E308 gamma-tocopherol gamma-tocopherol gamma tocopherol
E309 delta-tocopherol delta-tocopherol delta-tocopherol
E310 propyl gallate propyl gallate
E311 octyl gallate octyl gallate
E312 dodecyl gallate dodecyl gallate
E313 ethyl gallate ethyl gallate
E314 guaiac resin guaiac resin
E315 erythorbic acid erythorbic acid
E316 sodium erythorbate sodium erythrobate
E317 erythorbin acid erythorbin
E318 sodium erythorbin sodium erythrobin
E319 tert-butylhydroquinone tbhq tert-butylhydroquinone
E320 butylated hydroxyanisole bha
E321 butylated hydroxytoluene bht
E322 lecithin lecithin
E323 anoxomer anoxomer
E324 ethoxyquin ethoxyquin
E325 sodium lactate sodium lactate
E326 potassium lactate potassium lactate
E327 calcium lactate calcium lactate
E328 ammonium lactate ammonium lactate
E329 magnesium lactate magnesium lactate
E330 citric acid citric acid
E331 sodium citrates monosodium citrate disodium citrate
E332 potassium citrates monopotassium citrate potassium citrate
E333 calcium citrates monocalcium citrate dicalcium citrate
E334 tartaric acid l ±
E335 sodium tartrates monosodium tartrate
E336 potassium tartrates monopotassium tartrate cream of tartar
E337 sodium potassium tartrate sodium potassium tartrate
E338 phosphoric acid phosphoric acid
E339 sodium phosphates monosodium phosphate disodium phosphate
E340 potassium phosphates monopotassium phosphate dipotassium phosphate
E341 calcium phosphates monocalcium phosphate dicalcium phosphate
E342 ammonium phosphates: monoammonium phosphate diammonium phosphate
E343 magnesium phosphates monomagnesium phosphate dimagnesium phosphate
E344 lecithin citrate lecithin citrate
E345 magnesium citrate magnesium citrate
E349 ammonium malate ammonium malate
E350 sodium malates sodium malate sodium hydrogen malate
E351 potassium malate potassium malate
E352 calcium malates calcium malate calcium hydrogen malate
E353 metatartaric acid metatartaric acid tartaric acid
E354 calcium tartrate calcium tartarte
E355 adipic acid adipic
E356 sodium adipate sodium
E357 potassium adipate potassium
E359 ammonium adipate ammonium
E363 succinic acid succinic
E365 monosodium fumarate monosodium
E366 potassium fumarate potassium
E367 calcium fumarate calcium
E368 ammonium fumarate ammonium
E370 1 4-heptonolactone
E375 niacin acidity regulator colour
E380 triammonium citrate triammonium
E381 ammonium ferric citrate ammonium ferric
E383 calcium glycerylphosphate calcium
E384 isopropyl citrate isopropyl
E385 calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate calcium disodium edta
E386 disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate disodium edta
E387 oxystearin stabiliser colour
E388 thiodipropionic acid thiodipropionic
E389 dilauryl thiodipropionate dilauryl
E390 distearyl thiodipropionate distearyl
E391 phytic acid phytic
E392 extracts of rosemary extracts of
E399 calcium lactobionate calcium
E400 alginic acid gelling agen colour
E401 sodium alginate gelling agen colour
E402 potassium alginate gelling agen colour
E403 ammonium alginate ammonium alginate
E404 calcium alginate gelling agen colour
E405 propane-1 2-diol alginate propylene glycol alginate
E406 agar agar
E407 carrageenan gelling agen colour
E407a processed eucheuma seaweed agent)
E408 bakers yeast glycan bakers yeast
E409 arabinogalactan colour
E410 locust bean gum carob gum
E411 oat gum oat gum
E412 guar gum guar gum
E413 tragacanth tragacanth
E414 acacia gum gum arabic
E415 xanthan gum xanthan gum
E416 karaya gum karaya gum
E417 tara gum tara gum
E418 gellan gum gellan gum
E419 gum ghatti gum ghatti
E420 sorbitol sorbitol sorbitol syrup
E421 mannitol anti-caking agent
E422 glycerol glycerol
E424 curdlan gelling agent colour
E425 konjac konjac gum konjac glucomannane
E426 soybean hemicellulose soybean
E427 cassia gum cassia
E429 peptones colour
E430 polyoxyethene 8 stearate
E431 polyoxyethene 40 stearate
E432 polyoxyethene 20 sorbitan monolaurate polysorbate 20
E433 polyoxyethene 20 sorbitan monooleate polysorbate 80
E434 polyoxyethene 20 sorbitan monopalmitate polysorbate 40
E435 polyoxyethene 20 sorbitan monostearate polysorbate 60
E436 polyoxyethene 20 sorbitan tristearate polysorbate 65
E440 pectins pectin amidated pectin
E441 gelatine gelatine
E442 ammonium phosphatides ammonium
E443 brominated vegetable oil brominated vegetable
E444 sucrose acetate isobutyrate sucrose acetate
E445 glycerol esters of wood rosins glycerol esters ofn wood
E446 succistearin colour
E450 diphosphates disodium diphosphate trisodium diphosphate
E451 triphosphates sodium triphosphate pentasodium triphosphate
E452 polyphosphates sodium polyphosphates potassium polyphosphates
E459 beta-cyclodextrin beta
E460 cellulose microcrystalline cellulose powdered cellulose
E461 methyl cellulose methyl
E462 ethyl cellulose ethyl
E463 hydroxypropyl cellulose hydroxypropyl
E464 hypromellose hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
E465 ethyl methyl cellulose ethyl methyl
E466 carboxymethyl cellulose sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
E467 ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose ethyl hydroxyethyl
E468 crosslinked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose croscarmellose
E469 enzymically hydrolysed carboxymethylcellulose enzymically hydrolysed
E470a sodium potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids dmg
E470b magnesium salts of fatty acids emulsifier)
E471 mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids glyceryl monostearate glyceryl distearate
E472a acetic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472b lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472c citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472d tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472e mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472f mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E472g succinylated monoglycerides monoglycerides
E473 sucrose esters of fatty acids sucrose esters ofn fatty
E474 sucroglycerides emulsifier colour
E475 polyglycerol esters of fatty acids polyglycerol esters ofn fatty
E476 polyglycerol polyricinoleate pgpr
E477 propane-1 2-diol esters of fatty acids propylene glycol esters of fatty acids
E478 lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propane-1
E479b thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids acids
E480 dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate dioctyl sodium
E481 sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate sodium stearoyl
E482 calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate calcium stearoyl
E483 stearyl tartrate stearyl
E484 stearyl citrate stearyl
E485 sodium stearoyl fumarate sodium stearoyl
E486 calcium stearoyl fumarate calcium stearoyl
E487 sodium laurylsulfate sodium
E488 ethoxylated mono- and di-glycerides ethoxylated mono- and di
E489 methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester methyl glucoside-coconut oil
E490 propane-1 2-diol
E491 sorbitan monostearate sorbitan
E492 sorbitan tristearate sorbitan
E493 sorbitan monolaurate sorbitan
E494 sorbitan monooleate sorbitan
E495 sorbitan monopalmitate sorbitan
E496 sorbitan trioleate sorbitan
E497 polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene polymers polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene
E498 partial polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil
E499 stigmasterol-rich plant sterols stigmasterol-rich plant
E500 sodium carbonates: sodium carbonate sodium bicarbonate
E501 potassium carbonates: potassium carbonate potassium bicarbonate
E503 ammonium carbonates: ammonium carbonate ammonium bicarbonate
E504 magnesium carbonates: magnesium carbonate magnesium bicarbonate magnesium hydrogen carbonate
E505 ferrous carbonate ferrous
E507 hydrochloric acid hydrochloric
E508 potassium chloride potassium chloride
E509 calcium chloride sequestrant
E510 ammonium chloride ammonia solution acidity regulator
E511 magnesium chloride magnesium
E512 stannous chloride stannous
E513 sulfuric acid sulfuric
E514 sodium sulfates sodium sulfate sodium bisulfate
E515 potassium sulfates potassium sulfate potassium bisulfate
E516 calcium sulfate calcium
E517 ammonium sulfate ammonium
E518 magnesium sulfate epsom salts
E519 copper sulfate
E520 aluminium sulfate aluminium
E521 aluminium sodium sulfate aluminium sodium
E522 aluminium potassium sulfate aluminium potassium
E523 aluminium ammonium sulfate aluminium ammonium
E524 sodium hydroxide sodium
E525 potassium hydroxide potassium
E526 calcium hydroxide calcium
E527 ammonium hydroxide ammonium
E528 magnesium hydroxide magnesium
E529 calcium oxide calcium
E530 magnesium oxide magnesium
E535 sodium ferrocyanide sodium
E536 potassium ferrocyanide potassium
E537 ferrous hexacyanomanganate ferrous
E538 calcium ferrocyanide calcium
E539 sodium thiosulfate sodium
E540 dicalcium diphosphate dicalcium
E541 sodium aluminium phosphate sodium aluminium
E542 bone phosphate essentiale calcium phosphate tribasic
E543 calcium sodium polyphosphate calcium sodium
E544 calcium polyphosphate calcium
E545 ammonium polyphosphate ammonium
E550 sodium silicates sodium silicate sodium metasilicate
E551 silicon dioxide silica
E552 calcium silicate calcium
E553a magnesium silicate magnesium trisilicate
E553b talc Talc
E554 sodium aluminosilicate sodium aluminium silicate
E555 potassium aluminium silicate potassium aluminium
E556 calcium aluminosilicate calcium aluminium silicate
E557 zinc silicate zinc
E558 bentonite anti-caking agent colour
E559 aluminium silicate kaolin
E560 potassium silicate potassium
E561 vermiculite colour
E562 sepiolite colour
E563 sepiolitic clay sepiolitic
E565 lignosulfonates colour
E566 natrolite-phonolite natrolite
E570 fatty acids fatty
E572 magnesium stearate calcium stearate
E574 gluconic acid gluconic
E575 glucono delta-lactone glucono delta
E576 sodium gluconate sodium
E577 potassium gluconate potassium
E578 calcium gluconate calcium
E579 ferrous gluconate ferrous
E580 magnesium gluconate magnesium
E585 ferrous lactate ferrous
E586 4-hexylresorcinol antioxidant colour
E598 calcium aluminates synthetic calcium
E599 perlite colour
E620 glutamic acid glutamic
E621 monosodium glutamate msg
E622 monopotassium glutamate monopotassium
E623 calcium diglutamate calcium
E624 monoammonium glutamate monoammonium
E625 magnesium diglutamate magnesium
E626 guanylic acid guanylic
E627 disodium guanylate sodium guanylate
E628 dipotassium guanylate dipotassium
E629 calcium guanylate calcium
E630 inosinic acid inosinic
E631 disodium inosinate disodium
E632 dipotassium inosinate dipotassium
E633 calcium inosinate calcium
E634 calcium 5’-ribonucleotides calcium 5’
E635 disodium 5’-ribonucleotides disodium 5’
E636 maltol flavour enhancer colour
E637 ethyl maltol ethyl
E640 glycine and its sodium salt glycine and itsn sodium
E650 zinc acetate zinc
E701 tetracyclines antibiotic colour
E702 chlortetracycline antibiotic colour
E703 oxytetracycline antibiotic colour
E704 oleandomycin antibiotic colour
E705 penicillin g potassium penicillin g
E706 penicillin g sodium penicillin g
E707 penicillin g procaine penicillin g
E708 penicillin g benzathine penicillin g
E710 spiramycins antibiotic colour
E711 virginiamycins antibiotic colour
E712 flavomycin antibiotic colour
E713 tylosin antibiotic colour
E714 monensin a antibiotic colour
E715 avoparcin antibiotic colour
E716 salinomycin antibiotic colour
E717 avilamycin antibiotic colour
Code name s
E900 dimethyl polysiloxane dimethyl polysiloxane
E901 beeswax white and yellow
E902 candelilla wax candelilla
E903 carnauba wax carnauba
E904 shellac glazing agent colour
E905 paraffins colour
E905a mineral oil oil
E905b petrolatum Petrolatum
E905c petroleum wax microcrystalline wax paraffin wax
E906 gum benzoic gum
E907 crystalline wax crystalline
E908 rice bran wax rice bran
E909 spermaceti wax spermaceti
E910 wax esters wax
E911 methyl esters of fatty acids methyl esters of fatty
E912 montanic acid esters montan acid esters
E913 lanolin sheep wool grease
E914 oxidized polyethylene wax oxidized polyethylene
E915 esters of colophony esters of
E916 calcium iodate calcium
E917 potassium iodate potassium
E918 nitrogen oxides nitrogen
E919 nitrosyl chloride nitrosyl
E920 l-cysteine improving agent colour
E921 l-cystine improving agent colour
E922 potassium persulfate potassium
E923 ammonium persulfate ammonium
E924 potassium bromate potassium
E924b calcium bromate bromate
E925 chlorine preservative, bleach, improving agent colour
E926 chlorine dioxide chlorine dioxide
E927a azodicarbonamide Azodicarbonamide
E927b carbamide urea
E928 benzoyl peroxide benzoyl peroxide
E929 acetone peroxide acetone
E930 calcium peroxide calcium peroxide
E938 argon packaging gas colour
E939 helium packaging gas colour
E940 dichlorodifluoromethane packaging gas colour
E941 nitrogen packaging gas
E942 nitrous oxide nitrous
E943a butane Butane
E943b isobutane Isobutane
E944 propane propellant colour
E945 chloropentafluoroethane propellant colour
E946 octafluorocyclobutane propellant colour
E948 oxygen packaging gas colour
E949 hydrogen packaging gas colour
E950 acesulfame potassium acesulfame
E951 aspartame sweetener colour
E952 cyclamic acid sodium cyclamate calcium cyclamate
E953 isomalt isomaltitol
E954 saccharin saccharin and its sodium
E955 sucralose trichlorogalactosucrose
E956 alitame sweetener colour
E957 thaumatin thaumatin
E958 glycyrrhizin glycyrrhizin
E959 neohesperidine dihydrochalcone neohesperidine dihydrochalcone
E960 steviol glycosides steviol
E961 neotame sweetener colour
E962 aspartame-acesulfame salt aspartame-acesulfame salt
E965 maltitol maltitol maltitol syrup
E966 lactitol sweetener colour
E967 xylitol sweetener colour
E968 erythritol sweetener colour
E969 advantame sweetener colour
E999 quillaia extract quillaia
Code name s
E1000 cholic acid cholic
E1001 choline salts choline
E1100 amylase stabiliser, flavour enhancer colour
E1101 proteases protease
E1102 glucose oxidase glucose
E1103 invertase stabiliser colour
E1104 lipases colour
E1105 lysozyme preservative colour
E1200 polydextrose stabiliser, thickening agent, humectant, carrier colour
E1201 polyvinylpyrrolidone stabiliser colour
E1202 polyvinylpolypyrrolidone polyvinylpolypyrrolidone
E1203 polyvinyl alcohol polyvinyl
E1204 pullulan colour
E1400 dextrin dextrins
E1401 modified starch modified starch
E1402 alkaline modified starch alkaline modified starch
E1403 bleached starch bleached starch
E1404 oxidized starch oxidized starch
E1405 enzyme treated starch enzyme treated
E1410 monostarch phosphate monostarch phosphate
E1411 distarch glycerol thickening agent
E1412 distarch phosphate esterified with sodium trimetasphosphate; esterified with phosphorus oxychloride
E1413 phosphated distarch phosphate phosphated distarch phosphate
E1414 acetylated distarch phosphate acetylated distarch phosphate
E1420 starch acetate esterified with acetic anhydride starch acetate esterified with acetic anhydride
E1421 starch acetate esterified with vinyl acetate starch acetate esterified with vinyl acetate
E1422 acetylated distarch adipate acetylated distarch adipate
E1423 acetylated distarch glycerol acetylated distarch
E1430 distarch glycerine distarch glycerine
E1440 hydroxy propyl starch hydroxy propyl starch
E1441 hydroxy propyl distarch glycerine hydroxy propyl distarch glycerine
E1442 hydroxy propyl distarch phosphate hydroxy propyl distarch phosphate
E1443 hydroxy propyl distarch glycerol hydroxy propyl distarch
E1450 starch sodium octenyl succinate starch sodium octenyl succinaten emulsifier
E1451 acetylated oxidised starch acetylated oxidised starch
E1452 starch aluminium octenyl succinate starch aluminium octenyl
E1501 benzylated hydrocarbons benzylated
E1502 butane-1 3-diol
E1503 castor oil castor
E1504 ethyl acetate ethyl
E1505 triethyl citrate triethyl
E1510 ethanol colour
E1516 glyceryl monoacetate glyceryl
E1517 glyceryl diacetate or diacetin glyceryl diacetate or
E1518 glyceryl triacetate or triacetin glyceryl triacetate or
E1519 benzyl alcohol benzyl
E1520 propylene glycol pg
E1521 polyethylene glycol polyethylene
E1525 hydroxyethyl cellulose hydroxyethyl

Will be grateful if the community can help me complete this, Its for a data science project we are working on

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If you just care to read a book devoted to e numbers and food additives your work would be easier than waiting for members for sporadic ideas on this mattter…

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The Handbook of food additives by Michael and Irene Ash is a comprehensive tome of all food additives its more than 3000 pages long.

Another one is Food additives by Branem.et al a nearly 1000 pages long book that cover a wide topics pertaining to food additives

Food Additives Databook.by Jim.smith and Lily Homg shum
It discusses food additives according to function…Its another 1000plus pages about food additive

There are many other book thst you can find in your food science library that you can refer to.

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