0 Question: what is an e number? Keywords: cooking, diet, E number, food, health Asked by tarporleyemma7y3 to Duncan, Grant, Julie, Nik, Rachel on 12 Mar 2013.
Grant Campbell answered on 12 Mar 2013:
E-numbers are codes for certain chemicals that can be used in foods to add colour, to help with preservation, to thicken and stabilise, to control acidity, to help powders to flow, etc.
Duncan Gaskin answered on 17 Mar 2013:
OK so this might be cheating a bit, but wikipedia has a full list of all E numbers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_number
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