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Food Additive Search Results

Found 18 additives having the functional class "Foaming agent":

INS No. Food Additive or Group Acceptable in Foods Conforming to the Following Commodity Standards
400 Alginic acid
CS 105-1981
CS 323R-2017
CS 309R-2011
CS 275-1973
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 322R-2015
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 273-1968
CS 249-2006
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
403 Ammonium alginate
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 323R-2017
CS 309R-2011
CS 298R-2009
CS 275-1973
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 273-1968
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
404 Calcium alginate
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 323R-2017
CS 298R-2009
CS 275-1973
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 273-1968
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
482(i) Calcium stearoyl lactylate
290 Carbon dioxide
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 275-1973
CS 256-2007
CS 243-2003 (carbonating agent in flavoured products, or as a carbonating agent only in drinks based on fermented milks)
CG 95-2022
CS 355R-2023
CS 221-2001 (for whipped products only)
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 291-2010
463 Hydroxypropyl cellulose
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 323R-2017
CS 309R-2011
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
465 Methyl ethyl cellulose
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 323R-2017
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
460(i) Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel)
CS 105-1981
CS 309R-2011
CS 323R-2017
CS 283-1978 (for use in sliced, cut, shredded or grated cheese only)
CS 327-2021
CS 322R-2015
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
CS 352-2022
CS 262-2006 (as anticaking agent only, see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
CS 353-2022
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 344-2021
CS 263-1966, CS 264-1966, CS 265-1966, CS 266-1966, CS 267-1966, CS 268-1966, CS 269- 1967, CS 270-1968, CS 271-1968, CS 272-1968 (for surface treatment only, of sliced, cut, shredded or grated cheese for these cheese standards)
CS 355R-2023
CS 347-2019
CS 117-1981 (anticaking agents in dehydrated products only)
CS 343-2021
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
941 Nitrogen
CG 95-2022
CS 275-1973
CS 221-2001 (for whipped products only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 243-2003 (packaging gas only)
942 Nitrous oxide
CS 260-2007
CS 323R-2017
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 319-2015 (canned mangoes only)
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 322R-2015
CS 243-2003 (packaging gas only)
CS 291-2010
402 Potassium alginate
CS 323R-2017
CS 309R-2011
CS 275-1973
CS 96-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 322R-2015
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 97-1981
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 273-1968
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
405 Propylene glycol alginate
999(ii) Quillaia extract type 2
999(i) Quillaia extract type I
401 Sodium alginate
CS 323R-2017
CS 309R-2011
CS 275-1973
CS 96-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 322R-2015
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 97-1981
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 273-1968
CS 249-2006
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
481(i) Sodium stearoyl lactylate
473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids
415 Xanthan gum
CS 105-1981
CS 309R-2011
CS 323R-2017
CS 275-1973
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 322R-2015
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 288-1976 (in Fermented creams (2.4.5) and acidified creams (2.4.6) only)
CS 221-2001
CS 243-2003 (stabilizer or thickener only)
CS 260-2007
CS 298R-2009
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 249-2006
CS 273-1968
CS 355R-2023
CS 117-1981
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)

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