Names this site could not match

Some of this site's data is matched by name. Health Canada's lists and Japan's list of designated additives carry no E or INS numbers, so a listing reaches a page only when the name identifies the substance exactly. Where it does not, nothing appears on any page — and an empty row looks the same whether the regulator does not list a substance or this site failed to recognise what it called it. South Korea's list does print identifiers, so most of its entries reach a page by CAS or INS number; what matched neither, or whose identifiers disagreed with a page's, is listed here with its Korean name and numbers.

These are the names left over. A name here means one of two things: the substance has no page on this site, or it has one under a name too different to match. Neither is a statement about the substance, and none of it says anything about whether a regulator permits it. Matching is deliberately exact: a wrong match would publish one substance's legal status under another's name, which is worse than a gap.

173 names across 2 sources. Corrections are welcome — each match added by hand is recorded with its reasoning in the import's alias file. See also the method.

What this list was, and what cleared it. It held 197 names in September 2026, and it was built on the assumption that most of them would be substances already here under another name. Almost none were. Read one at a time against each source's own CAS numbers and synonyms, 30 turned out to be pages this site already had — reachable only through a synonym, a qualifier in the name, or a number written as a group where the page carried a sub-number — and the rest were substances with no page at all. 166 pages were made for them.

Making those pages is not bookkeeping: a substance with no page cannot hold a permission, so every listing for it was being read and discarded on each import. Once the pages existed and the sources' own names were recorded as aliases, the imports that followed attached 1,514 permissions to 95 of them — 598 from the Codex, 596 from Australia and New Zealand, 305 from Health Canada and 15 from Japan. Each decision, which page or which page to make, is recorded with its reason in the import's own file, and nothing was merged on a near miss.

The last two were the hardest, and they went opposite ways, which is the point. Health Canada's list of permitted colours names “Carotene” and “Charcoal” without qualification, and this site holds pages either could have been matched to. What settled them was the list's own shape. It names 41 colours and carries no separate beta-carotene entry, so “Carotene” is Health Canada's name for the colour this site holds as beta-carotene — the same reading this site had already recorded, by hand, for the United States' listing — and the name was matched to that page rather than given one of its own. “Charcoal”, on the other hand, sits beside “Carbon Black” on the same list, and carbon black is the entry that already reaches this site's vegetable carbon page; the two cannot both be it. So charcoal got a page, and because Health Canada does not say what its charcoal is made from — charcoal made from bone is still charcoal — that page claims nothing about the source and carries no dietary flags.

EU food additive specifications and Annex III (consolidated 02012R0231-20260818 and 02008R1333-20260818)

13 unmatched names; retrieved 2026-10-18. The source.

As the source names itINSWhereEntriesWhy
STARCH ALUMINIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE—E 14522specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
Tricalcium phosphate—Part 5B E 341(iii)2Annex III row dropped: no additive matched its E number
BETA-CAROTENE—E 160a(i)1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
CALCIUM MALATE—E 352(i)1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
CARBOMER—E 12101specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
LOW-SUBSTITUTED HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE (L-HPC)—E 463a1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE—E 553a(ii)1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
RIBOFLAVIN—E 101(i)1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
RIBOFLAVIN-5′-PHOSPHATE—E 101(ii)1specification stored unmatched: no additive matched its E number
SACCHARIN AND ITS Na. K AND Ca SALTS — (i) SACCHARIN—E 9541specification stored unmatched: several additives carry its E number and none has its name
SACCHARIN AND ITS Na. K AND Ca SALTS — (ii) SODIUM SACCHARIN—E 9541specification stored unmatched: several additives carry its E number and none has its name
SACCHARIN AND ITS Na. K AND Ca SALTS — (iii) CALCIUM SACCHARIN—E 9541specification stored unmatched: several additives carry its E number and none has its name
SACCHARIN AND ITS Na. K AND Ca SALTS — (iv) POTASSIUM SACCHARIN—E 9541specification stored unmatched: several additives carry its E number and none has its name

South Korea: Standards and Specifications for Food Additives (식품첨가물의 기준 및 규격), MFDS Notification, Part III

160 unmatched names; retrieved 2026-10-18. The source.

As the source names itINSWhereEntriesWhy
Ammonia—Part III, 1. 암모니아; CAS 7664-41-72no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Grapefruit Seed Extract—Part III, 1. 자몽종자추출물2no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Lauric Acid570Part III, 1. 라우린산; INS 570; CAS 143-07-72identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Liquid Paraffin905Part III, 1. 유동파라핀; INS 905a; CAS 8012-95-12identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Myristic Acid570Part III, 1. 미리스트산; INS 570; CAS 544-63-82identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Oleic Acid570Part III, 1. 올레인산; INS 570; CAS 112-80-12identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Palmitic Acid570Part III, 1. 팔미트산; INS 570; CAS 57-10-32identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Sodium Hydroxide Solution—Part III, 1. 수산화나트륨액2no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
5'-Deaminase—Part III, 2. 5'-디아미나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Acid Clay—Part III, 2. 산성백토1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Adsorbent resin—Part III, 2. 흡착수지1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Asparaginase—Part III, 2. 아스파라지나아제1name is an alias of several pages; sent to review
Benzaldehyde—Part III, 1. 벤즈알데히드; CAS 100-52-71no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Black Carrot Extract163(vi)Part III, 1. 흑당근추출색소; INS 163(vi)1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Butyric Acid—Part III, 1. 낙산; CAS 107-92-61no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Cacao Color—Part III, 1. 카카오색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Calcium Carboxymethyl Cellulose—Part III, 1. 카복시메틸셀룰로스칼슘1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Calcium Caseinate—Part III, 1. 카제인칼슘; CAS 9005-43-01no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Capric Acid570Part III, 2. 카프릭산; INS 570; CAS 334-48-51identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Carotene160Part III, 1. 카로틴; INS 160a(ii), 160a(iv); CAS 7235-40-71identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Casein—Part III, 1. 카제인1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Catalase—Part III, 2. 카탈라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Cellulase—Part III, 2. 셀룰라아제1identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Chitin—Part III, 1. 키틴1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Chitosanase—Part III, 2. 키토사나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Cinnamaldehyde—Part III, 1. 계피알데히드; CAS 104-55-21no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Citral—Part III, 1. 시트랄; CAS 5392-40-51no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Cochineal Extract120Part III, 1. 코치닐추출색소; INS 120; CAS 1343-78-81identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Crude Magnesium Chloride(Sea Water)—Part III, 1. 조제해수염화마그네슘1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Cyclodextrin457Part III, 1. 시클로덱스트린; INS 457, 459, 458; CAS 10016-20-3, 7585-39-9, 17465-86-01identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Cyclodextrin Syrup—Part III, 1. 시클로덱스트린시럽1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
D-Sorbitol Syrup—Part III, 1. D-소비톨액1identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
d-α-토코페릴호박산—Part III, 3. d-α-토코페릴호박산; CAS 4345-03-31no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Decanal—Part III, 1. 데칸알; CAS 112-31-21no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Dextran—Part III, 1. 덱스트란1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Dextranase—Part III, 2. 덱스트라나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
dl-Menthol—Part III, 1. dl-멘톨; CAS 1490-04-61no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
DL-페닐알라닌—Part III, 3. DL-페닐알라닌; CAS 150-30-11no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Enzymatically Decomposed Apple Extract—Part III, 1. 효소분해사과추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Enzymatically Modified Rutin—Part III, 1. 효소처리루틴1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Enzymatically Modified Stevia—Part III, 1. 효소처리스테비아1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Ethyl Butyrate—Part III, 1. 낙산에틸; CAS 105-54-41no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Ethyl Vanillin—Part III, 1. 에틸바닐린; CAS 121-32-41no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Eugenol—Part III, 1. 유게놀; CAS 97-53-01no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Exo-maltotetrahydrolase—Part III, 2. 엑소말토테트라히드로라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Flavoring Substances—Part III, 1. 향료1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Food Starch Modified—Part III, 1. 변성전분1identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Gallic Acid—Part III, 1. 몰식자산1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Garden Balsam Extract—Part III, 1. 봉선화추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Gardenia Red—Part III, 1. 치자적색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Geraniol—Part III, 1. 게라니올; CAS 106-24-11no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Geranyl Acetate—Part III, 1. 초산게라닐; CAS 105-87-31no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Gibberellic Acid—Part III, 2. 지베렐린산; CAS 77-06-51no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Glucoamylase—Part III, 2. 글루코아밀라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Glucosamine—Part III, 1. 글루코사민1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Glucose Isomerase—Part III, 2. 글루코오스이성화효소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Glutaminase—Part III, 2. 글루타미나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Glycerin Esters of Fatty Acids—Part III, 1. 글리세린지방산에스테르1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Grape Juice Color—Part III, 1. 포도과즙색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Grape Seed Extract—Part III, 1. 포도종자추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Hemicellulase—Part III, 2. 헤미셀룰라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Hibiscus Color—Part III, 1. 무궁화색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Hyaluronic Acid—Part III, 1. 히알루론산1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Hydroxypropylmethyl Cellulose Phthalate—Part III, 1. 프탈산히드록시프로필메틸셀룰로스; CAS 9050-31-11no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Hypochlorous Acid Water—Part III, 2. 차아염소산수1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Ion Exchange Resin—Part III, 2. 이온교환수지1identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Iron Oxides—Part III, 1. 산화철; CAS 1309-37-1, 51274-00-1, 1317-61-91rejected by kr-aliases.json as a wrong identity
Itaconic Acid—Part III, 1. 이타콘산1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Kaoliang Color—Part III, 1. 고량색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
l-Menthol—Part III, 1. l-멘톨; CAS 89-78-11no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
L-시스틴921Part III, 3. L-시스틴; INS 921; CAS 56-89-31identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Lac Color—Part III, 1. 락색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Lactase—Part III, 2. 락타아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Laver Color—Part III, 1. 김색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Licorice Extract—Part III, 1. 감초추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Linalool—Part III, 1. 리나롤; CAS 78-70-61no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Linalyl Acetate—Part III, 1. 초산리나릴; CAS 115-95-71no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Lipase—Part III, 2. 리파아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Maltogenic Amylase—Part III, 2. 말토게닉아밀라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Maltotriohydrolase—Part III, 2. 말토트리오히드로라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Masticatory Substances—Part III, 1. 검레진1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Methyl Anthranilate—Part III, 1. 안트라닐산메틸; CAS 134-20-31no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Methyl Salicylate—Part III, 1. 살리실산메틸; CAS 119-36-81no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Microfibrillated Cellulose—Part III, 1. 미세섬유상셀룰로스1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Milk Clotting Enzyme—Part III, 2. 우유응고효소1name is an alias of several pages; sent to review
Monascus Color—Part III, 1. 홍국색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Monascus Yellow—Part III, 1. 홍국황색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Morpholine Salts of Fatty Acids—Part III, 1. 몰포린지방산염1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Onion Color—Part III, 1. 양파색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Ozone Water—Part III, 2. 오존수1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Pecan Nut Color—Part III, 1. 피칸너트색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Pectinase—Part III, 2. 펙티나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Perilla Color—Part III, 1. 차즈기색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Persimmon Color—Part III, 1. 감색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Phaffia Color—Part III, 1. 파피아색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Phosphodiesterase—Part III, 2. 포스포디에스테라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Phospholipase—Part III, 2. 포스포리파아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Piperonal—Part III, 1. 피페로날1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Poly-γ-glutamic acid—Part III, 1. 폴리감마글루탐산1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Polybutene—Part III, 1. 폴리부텐1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Polyisobutylene—Part III, 1. 폴리이소부틸렌; CAS 9003-27-41no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Polyvinyl Acetate—Part III, 1. 초산비닐수지; CAS 9003-20-71no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Potassium Caseinate—Part III, 1. 카제인칼륨; CAS 68131-54-41no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Potassium DL-Bitartrate—Part III, 1. DL-주석산수소칼륨1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Potassium Metaphosphate452(ii)Part III, 1. 메타인산칼륨; INS 452(ii); CAS 7790-53-61identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Protease—Part III, 2. 프로테아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Pullulanase—Part III, 2. 풀루라나아제1name is an alias of several pages; sent to review
Rosin—Part III, 1. 로진1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Saffron Color—Part III, 1. 사프란색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sepia Color—Part III, 1. 오징어먹물색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sesame Seed Oil Unsaponified Matter—Part III, 1. 참깨유불검화물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Shea Nut Color—Part III, 1. 시아너트색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Smoke Flavours—Part III, 1. 스모크향1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sodium Carboxymethyl Starch—Part III, 1. 카복시메틸스타치나트륨1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sodium Iron Chlorophyllin—Part III, 1. 철클로로필린나트륨1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sodium Metaphosphate452(i)Part III, 1. 메타인산나트륨; INS 452(i); CAS 10361-03-21identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Sorbitan Esters of Fatty Acids491Part III, 1. 소르비탄지방산에스테르; INS 491, 492, 493, 496; CAS 1338-41-6, 1338-39-2, 1338-43-8, 26266-57-91identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Spice Oleoresins—Part III, 1. 향신료올레오레진류1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Spirulina Color—Part III, 1. 스피룰리나색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids473Part III, 1. 자당지방산에스테르; INS 473, 4441identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
Tagetes Extract161Part III, 1. 마리골드색소; INS 161b(ii)1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Tamarind Color—Part III, 1. 타마린드색소1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Tannase—Part III, 2. 탄나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Tea Catechin—Part III, 1. 차카테킨1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Tea Extract—Part III, 1. 차추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Transglucosidase—Part III, 2. 트랜스글루코시다아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Transglutaminase—Part III, 2. 트랜스글루타미나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Urease—Part III, 2. 우레아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Vanillin—Part III, 1. 바닐린; CAS 121-33-51no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Xylanase—Part III, 2. 자일라나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Yeast—Part III, 1. 효모1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Yeast Extract—Part III, 1. 효모추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
Yucca Extract—Part III, 1. 유카추출물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
α-Acetolactate decarboxylase—Part III, 2. α-아세토락테이트디카복실라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
α-Amylase—Part III, 2. α-아밀라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
α-Galactosidase—Part III, 2. α-갈락토시다아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
α-Glucosidase—Part III, 2. α-글루코시다아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
β-Amylase—Part III, 2. β-아밀라아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
β-Glucanase—Part III, 2. β-글루카나아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
β-Glucosidase—Part III, 2. β-글루코시다아제1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
γ-Oryzanol—Part III, 1. γ-오리자놀1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
구연산망간—Part III, 3. 구연산망간1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
구연산제일철나트륨—Part III, 3. 구연산제일철나트륨1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
구연산철—Part III, 3. 구연산철1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
국—Part III, 2. 국1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
락토페린농축물—Part III, 3. 락토페린농축물1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
뮤신—Part III, 3. 뮤신1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
분말비타민A—Part III, 3. 분말비타민A1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
용성비타민P—Part III, 3. 용성비타민P1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
유성비타민A지방산에스테르—Part III, 3. 유성비타민A지방산에스테르1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
이리단백—Part III, 3. 이리단백1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
전해철—Part III, 3. 전해철1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
제이인산칼슘—Part III, 3. 제이인산칼슘1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
종국—Part III, 2. 종국1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
카로틴160Part III, 3. 카로틴; INS 160a(ii), 160a(iv); CAS 7235-40-71identifiers conflict or a near-miss name only; sent to review, not merged
헤스페리딘—Part III, 3. 헤스페리딘1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
헴철—Part III, 3. 헴철1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
환원철—Part III, 3. 환원철1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
효소처리헤스페리딘—Part III, 3. 효소처리헤스페리딘1no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name
ｄ-α-Tocopheryl Acid Succinate—Part III, 1. d-α-토코페릴호박산; CAS 4345-03-31no existing additive matches by CAS, INS number or exact name

What else is uncertain

Sub-forms. Codex numbers some forms of a substance separately — INS 322(i) and 322(ii) for lecithin — where the EU lists one E number. Where the EU specification names the form, the page carries the EU listing; where it does not, the page shows a pointer to the related listing and says it cannot tell whether that listing reaches this form.

Absences that cannot be read as absence. The US permits substances by self-determined GRAS status without any listing; Canada and Japan are matched by name; Japan also permits existing additives outside the list imported here; South Korea is matched by identifier but its mixed preparations are not imported. On the comparison pages those are sorted apart from genuine absences, and on an additive page the jurisdiction's row says so.