Anticaking agents

Stops particles of a powder sticking together.

73 additives that at least one regulator lists as anticaking agents: 14 by Canada, 54 by United States and 34 by Codex Alimentarius. Each mark shows the term that regulator used; follow it for the citation.

A function is not a permission. Being listed here says what a regulator treats the additive as, not that it is permitted in any particular food or place — its own page shows that. Where a regulator leaves a cell empty, it has not assigned this function in the sources this site reads; it may assign another, or none.

The US column is the least complete. Only some US listings name their technical effect by citing 21 CFR 170.3(o); many, especially in part 172, describe their use in their own words, and this site does not read a function into that prose. An empty US cell says little.

AdditiveCAUSCodex
Aluminum stearate—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Bone phosphate INS 542——Anticaking agent
Calcium carbonate E170—Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Calcium chloride E509—Anticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Calcium ferrocyanide E538——Anticaking agent
Calcium hydrogen phosphate E341—Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Calcium oxide E529—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Calcium phosphate E341Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Calcium silicate E552Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Calcium stearateAnticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Calcium sulfate E516—Anticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Carnauba wax E903—Anticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Carrageenan E407—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Castor oil INS 1503—Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
CelluloseAnticaking agent——
Corn sugar—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Corn syrup—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Dextrin INS 1400—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Disodium phosphate E339—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Ferric ammonium citrate INS 381—Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Gelatin—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Glycerin E422—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Glyceryl monooleate—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Guar gum E412—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate E1442——Anticaking agent
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose E464—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) E953——Anticaking agent
Lecithin E322—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Magnesium carbonate E504Anticaking agentAnticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Magnesium dihydrogen phosphate INS 343(i)——Anticaking agent
Magnesium hydrogen phosphate INS 343(ii)——Anticaking agent
Magnesium hydroxide carbonate INS 504(ii)—Anticaking agents and free-flow agentsAnticaking agent
Magnesium oxide E530Anticaking agentAnticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Magnesium phosphate INS 343(iii)——Anticaking agent
Magnesium salts of fatty acids E470b—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Magnesium silicate E553aAnticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Magnesium stearate INS 470(iii)Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Magnesium sulfate INS 518—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Maltodextrin—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Mannitol E421—Anticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel) E460(i)Anticaking agent—Anticaking agent
Monobasic calcium phosphate E341——Anticaking agent
Polydimethylsiloxane E900——Anticaking agent
Potassium acid tartrate E336—Anticaking agents and free-flow agents—
Potassium ferrocyanide E536Anticaking agent—Anticaking agent
Potassium permanganate—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Powdered cellulose E460——Anticaking agent
Propylene glycol E1520Anticaking agentAnticaking agents and free-flow agents; Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Salts of fatty acids—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium INS 470(i)——Anticaking agent
Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium INS 470(ii)——Anticaking agent
Shellac, bleached E904—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Silicon dioxide E551Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Sodium acid phosphate INS 339(i)—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium aluminium phosphate, acidic E541—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium aluminosilicate E554Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Sodium bicarbonate E500——Anticaking agent
Sodium carbonate E500——Anticaking agent
Sodium carboxymethylcellulose E466—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium caseinate—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium mono- and dimethyl naphthalene sulfonates—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium pyrophosphate E450(iii)—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium sesquicarbonate INS 500(iii)——Anticaking agent
Sodium stearate—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sodium tripolyphosphate E451—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Sorbitol E420—Anticaking agents and free-flow agents—
Talc E553b——Anticaking agent
Tartaric acid E334—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Titanium dioxide E171—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Trisodium phosphate INS 339(iii)—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Xanthan gum E415—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—
Yellow prussiate of soda E535Anticaking agentAnticaking agent or free-flow agentAnticaking agent
Zein—Anticaking agent or free-flow agent—