American foods with additives banned in Europe
Many everyday U.S. products contain additives the EU has banned, restricted, or requires a warning label for. Here’s a running list, grouped by additive. Check your own products with the free checker.
Erythrosine (Red Dye No. 3) Banned elsewhere
FDA revoked its food authorization in Jan 2025 (compliance by 2027); long restricted in the EU.
- Cosmic Brownies — Little Debbie
- Ensure Original Nutrition Shake — Ensure
- Strawberry Lowfat Milk — Nestlé, Nesquik
- Homemade Vanilla — Blue Bell Ice Cream
- Salad Toppins — McCormick
- Rng Pop var. — Ring Pop
- Sugarfree bubblemint gum, bubblemint — Wrigley
- Wafers
- Gansito filled snack cake — Marinela
- Beef Sticks — Jack Link's
- Original Beef Stick — Jack Link's
- Ensure Max Protein nutrition shake Creamy Strawberry — Ensure
- Strawberry Milkshake — Pure Protein
- Mix frutas — Nuestra cocina
- Real Dairy Power Shake — Dairy Farmers Of America Inc.
- Yellow rice — Vigo Importing Company
- Bubblemint sugarfree gum, bubblemint
- Nesquik Banana Strawberry — Nesquik
- Smoked sticks — Cattleman‘s Cut
- Glucerna original Rich Chocolate — Glucerna
- Original Beef Stick — Jack Link's
- Hunger smart strawberry shake — Glucerna
- Peeps Pink Marshmallow Chicks — Peeps
- Bubble milk tea
- Bac'N Buds — Kroeger
- Cherry Mixed Fruit with Cherry Flavor in 100% Juice — Del Monte, Del Monte Foods
- Pickled Eggs — Big John's
- Goya, nectar, guayaba — Goya, Goya Foods Inc.
- Guava Paste — Goya Foods Inc.
- Bacon Flavored Chips — McCormick
Titanium dioxide (E171) Banned elsewhere
Banned as a food additive in the EU since 2022.
- Skittles Original — Skittles
- Mentos Pure Fresh Mint — Mentos
- trail mix mountain — Eatz
- One a day Men’s 50+ — Bayer
- One A Day Women's — Bayer
- Creamy Caesar Dressing — KEN'S Steak House
- Jelibon Sour Patch Karpuz — kent
- Buttermilk Ranch — Skinnygirl
- ULTIMATE PLANT-BASED CHICK'N NUGGETS — gardein
- FitCrunch — Robert Irvine's
- Classic Catalina Dressing — Kraft
- Strawberry yogurt O's — Trader Joe's
- Plant-Based F'sh Filets — Gardein
- POWDERED mini donuts — Hostess donettes
- TZATZIKI CREAMY GARLIC CUCUMBER DIP — Trader Joe's
- BUTTER PECAN MELTAWAY — DAVIDS COOKIES
- Fat Free Natural Cheddar Cheese — Kraft
- Donut Sticks — Little Debbie, Mckee Foods
- Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts — Tasty Baking Company, Tastykake
- Lite Creamy Caesar Dressing — KEN'S Steak House
- Vegetable Lasagna With Daiya Cheeze — Amy's, Amy's Kitchen Inc.
- Poppyseed — Skinnygirl
- Buttery Homestyle Complete Potatoes — Great Value
- Fresh Mint Tic Tac — Tic Tac
- Ibuprofen — Equate
- Ultimate Plant-Based Chick'n Filets — gardein
- Fruit 'n Yogurt Snacks — Welch's
- Green tea fat burner — Applied Nutrition
- Trident white big pack peppermint — Trident
- Mini Powdered Donuts — Little Debbie
Allura Red AC (Red Dye No. 40) Warning label required (EU)
Permitted in the EU but requires a warning label; the U.S. is phasing out synthetic dyes.
- Doritos Nacho Cheese — Doritos
- Doritos Cool Ranch — Frito-Lay
- Mogu lychee — Sappe Public Company Limited
- Strawberry Preserves — Smucker's
- Fruit Snacks — Welch's
- THIRST QUENCHER — GATORADE
- Seedless Blackberry Jam — Smucker's
- Diet Cranberry Flavored Juice Drink — Ocean Spray
- Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette Dressing & Marinade — Ken's Steak House
- Ultra Vice Guava — Monster
- Pizza Flavored Potato Crisps — Pringles
- Sparkling black raspberry — Kirkland
- Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks — Welch's
- Hershey's Syrup Delicious Strawberry Flavor — Hershey's, The Hershey Company
- Powerade zero — Powerade
- HOISIN SAUCE — Lee Kum Kee
- Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks — Welch's
- Fruit Snacks Berries 'n Cherries — Welch's
- Welch's Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks — PIM Brands Inc, Welch Foods Inc, Welch's
- Fruit Punch Drink Mix — Crystal Light
- dewberry (b) bluebeeries 33g — Dewberry, Jack 'n Jill, Universal Robina
- Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes — Wyler's
- Juicy Drop Gummies Chewy Gummies and Sour Gel — Juicy Drop
- Drink Mix — 4c
- Gummi candy — Trolli
- Double Decker Fudge Round — Little Debbie
- Womens daily multivitamin — Cvs Pharmacy
- Sour Power Straws, Cotton Candy — Dorval Trading Co. Ltd.
- Original Bubble Gum — Bazooka
- Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Very Berry — Ferrara Candy Company, Trolli
Tartrazine (Yellow No. 5) Warning label required (EU)
Permitted in the EU but requires a warning label.
- Little Bites Frosted Snack Cake Muffins — Entenmann's
- PROTEIN POWDER 100% WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE — ISO100
- Little bites Party cakes — Bimbo Bakeries Usa Inc., Entenmann's
- Galactic Brownie — Pure Protein
- Mighty Dynamite Dinosaurs Cookies — Mother's
- Real Chocolate Chip Cookies — Chips Ahoy!
- Picon california sweet roll
- Sprinkles rainbow
- Birthday Cake Flavor Creme Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies — Oreo
- Rainbow Dessert Toppings — Kroger
- Rainbow Dessert Toppings — Kroger
- Red, White and Blue Gingerbread Soft Cookies — Little Debbie
- Cosmic Brownies with Chocolate Chip Candy — Little Debbie
- SPRING Butterfly Cakes — Little Debbie
- Cosmic Brownie with Chocolate Chip Candy — Little Debbie
- Chick-O-Stick — Atkinson Candy Company
- Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies — Little Debbie
- Sour Brite Crawlers — Trolli
- Sour Patch Kids Watermelon — Sour Patch
- Starburst Jellybeans Original — Starburst
- Lite Honey Mustard Dressing — Ken's Steak House
- Gummy mango — Peelerz
- Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers — Trolli
- Skittles - Original Bite Size Candies — Skittles
- Energizer Trail Mix — snak club
- Nacho Cheese Flavored Doritos — Doritos
- Chewy spicy candies — Hot Tamale, Hot Tamales
- TRAIL MIX — KIRKLAND Signature
- Trail Mix — Kirkland
- Lucky Charms — Lucky Charms
Sunset Yellow FCF (Yellow No. 6) Warning label required (EU)
Permitted in the EU but requires a warning label.
- Peppermint Starlight Mints Hard Candy — Great Value
- Vegetarian Bacon Strips — MorningStar Farms
- Kroger, deluxe ice cream, neapolitan — Kroger
- Centrum Silver Men 50+ — Centrum
- Takis — Takis
- Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts — Pop-Tarts
- Crunchy — Cheetos
- Toast Chee sandwich crackers — Lance
- Cheetos Crunchy — Cheetos
- Cheetos Puffs — Cheetos
- 4-in-1 Fiber — Meta Mucil
- THIRST QUENCHER — GATORADE
- TOAST & PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH CRACKERS — Keebler
- 4-in-1 Fiber — Meta Mucil
- Zero Sugar Thirst Quencher Orange — Gatorade
- GATORLYTE — G
- Gelatin Dessert, Orange — Jell-O
- BA Bear Claw — Bon Appetit
- Red sanding sugar sprinkles
- Jack Link's Wild Mild Snack Stick — Jack Link's
- Sparkling mythical creature cookies — Frosted mother's
- Sanding sugar — Walmart
- Long Grove Confectionery Co, Creamy White Pretzel Twists — Long Grove Confectionery Co.
- Kroger, deluxe ice cream, strawberry surf — Kroger
- Ice cream sammies sandwiches — Kroger, The Kroger Co.
- Dessert Topping, Red Sugar — Kroeger
- Roundy's supermarkets, heart pretzelsa — Roundy's, Roundy's Supermarkets
- Rock Candy Sugar Stick — Dryden & Palmer Inc
- Centrum Silver Adults 50+ — Centrum
- Men Multivitamin/Multi mineral Supplement — Centrum
Brilliant Blue FCF (Blue No. 1) Warning label required (EU)
Restricted in some countries; the U.S. is phasing out synthetic dyes.
- Chewing Gum, Spearmint — Mentos
- Spearmint Sugarfree Gum — Extra
- Original Beef Stick — CHOMPS
- Mushy Chip Shop — Batchelors
- Lucky Charms — General Mills
- Ultra Blue Hawaiian — Monster Energy
- Mentos Pure Fresh Gum Spearmint — Mentos
- Blue Heat — Takis, Barcel
- Altoids Wintergreen — Altoids
- Takis Blue Heat — Takis
- Fanta Berry — Fanta
- Ice breaker ice cubes peppermint — Ice Breakers
- Peppermint Cobalt — 5
- Powerade Mountain Berry Blast — Powerade
- Tropical jelly — Hacendado
- Té Verde sabor Cítrico — Kirkland Signature
- Tubble Color Framboise 35g — CONAXESS TRADE NORGE AS
- Peppermint Sugarfree Gum — Extra
- GO! Blue Alimento para deportistas Instantáneo en polvo con adición de Electrolitos — GO!
- ZERO Mixed Berry — Powerade
- Kafferep — IKEA
- Glacier Freeze — Gatorade
- PURE WHITE gum — mentos
- Jet-Puffed Marshmallows — Jet-Puffed
- Powerade Zero Mixed Berry — Powerade
- ZERO GATORADE — Gatorade
- Fresh Mint Gum — Mentos
- Gatorade Zero Glacier Freeze — Gatorade
- Gatorade wide mouth cool blue — Gatorade
- Gatorade Zero Glacier Freeze — Gatorade
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA, E320) Restricted elsewhere
Restricted in the EU and Japan.
- Stuffing Mix for Chicken — Stove Top
- TURKEY PEPPERONI — Hormel
- Pepperoni — Hormel
- Glucerna Original - Vanilla — Abbott
- HOLY PEPPERONI PEPPERONI PIZZA — SCREAMIN' SICILIAN PIZZA CO.
- Original Recipe Breakfast Sausage — Johnsonville
- Stuffing Mix — Stove Top
- PEPPERONI — Hormel
- Cornbread stuffing mix boxes — Kraft Foods
- PEPPERONI — Mama Mary's
- Pepperoni — Boar's Head
- Italian Style Meatballs — Carando
- Mashed Potatoes — Hungry Jack
- Original Pepperoni — Great Value
- Beef Stick & Cheese — Jack Link's
- HARD SALAMI — SIMMS
- Breakfast Sausage Hometown Original — Smithfield
- Pepperoni — Hormel
- Pepperoni minis Original — Hormel
- Pepperoni — Armour
- Real Gourmet Cream of Coconut — COCO REAL
- BRATS ORIGINAL Bratwurst — Johnsonville
- Turkey Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage — Johnsonville
- Original Breakfast Sausage Links — Great Value
- Original thin crust supreme pizza — Jack's
- Mozzarella Rustica Italian Style Meatballs — Carando
- STUTZ PACKING CO. — Basic American Foods
- Brown 'N Serve Turkey — Banquet
- Pepperoni Flavored Sausage Pizza — Armour LunchMakers
- Pepperoni Original — Hormel
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT, E321) Restricted elsewhere
Restricted or limited in several countries.
- Shredded Wheat — Post
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch — General Mills
- Frosted Mini Wheats Original — Kellogg's
- great grains raisins, dates & pecans cereal — Post
- Wheat Thins hint of salt — Nabisco
- Crunchy Pecan Cereal — Great Grains
- Shredded Wheat Original — Post
- Cranberry Almond Crunch — great grains
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds — Post
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds — Post
- Honey Roasted Cereal with Granola — Honey Bunches of Oats
- Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal — Cream of Wheat
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds — Post
- BANANA NUT CRUNCH cereal — Post great grains
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch — General Mills
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch — General Mills
- Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted — Post
- Great Grains Cereal Raisins, Dates, & Pecans — Great Grains, Post
- Special K Original — Kellogg's
- Wheat Thins Reduced Fat — Mondelez
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch — General Mills
- Instant Grits Original — Quaker
- Special K Protein Original Multi-Grain Touch of Cinnamon — Special K
- Trident Original Flavor — Trident
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch — General Mills
- Traditional Chex Mix Snack Mix — Chex
- Great Grains Cereal Blueberry Morning imp — Great Grains, Post
- Original Recipe Snack Mix — Gardetto's
- Honey Bunches of Oats Vanilla — Post
- Original Recipe Snack Mix — Gardetto's
Fast Green FCF (Green No. 3) Banned elsewhere
Not authorized as a food color in the EU.
- Oceankist, Tobiko Seasoned Flying Fish Roe — Pacific American Fish Co. Inc.
- Harris teeter, sherbet, lime — Harris Teeter, Harris-Teeter Inc.
- Ice cream — Meijer
- Puffed Corn Snacks, Peanut Butter — Mario
- Pistachio muffins
- Wegmans, decorated shortbread cookies
- Bacardi Margarita Mixers — Bacardi
- degree
- Act drymouth
- cream of nature
- Caribbean mahi burgers — Caribbean
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO, E443) Banned elsewhere
Banned in the EU, Japan and India; the FDA revoked its U.S. authorization in 2024.
- Sun Drop
- Soda — Corner Store, Hot Stop Foods
- Lemon Drink — Valu Time
- Dulcita Delvalle, Soda, Grapefruit — Everest Drinking Waters
- Topo Chico, Carbonated Beverage, Pineapple — Cia. Topo Chico S.A.
- Corner store, flavored soda, orange — Corner Store, Hot Stop Foods
- Caffeine Free Pineapple Soda, Pineapple — Crisp, The Moran Group Incorporated
- Crisp, caffeine free soda, pineapple — Crisp, The Moran Group Incorporated
Propylparaben (E216) Banned elsewhere
Banned as a food additive in the EU.
- Tortillas de Maíz Blanco — Ricas
- Advanced Repair
- corn tortillas — Pueblo lindo
- Delsym
- Corn Tortillas White Corn — Pueblo Lindo
- periguard
- Corn Tortilla — Pueblo
- Miracle Leave-In Product — It's a 10
- Bakery Express, Banana Bread — Golden State Picture Frame Co.
- Zucchini Carrot Bread — Bakery Express
- Corn Tortillas — Verole'
- Corn Tortillas — Ole Mexican Foods Inc.
- Gourmet Blueberry Muffins — Ginger Evans Bakery
- Mini Blueberry Muffins — Ginger Evans Bakery
- Corn Tortillas — Target Stores
- Turkey Enchilada Casserole — Perfect Fit Meals
- Turkey Enchilada Casserole — Perfect Fit Meals
- Max Block Sunscreen
- cocoa butter lotion
- Nystatin
- Sesame hamburger buns
- trend setter lip color — L.A colours
- Hamburger buns — The Kroger Co.
- up&up acetaminophen 160mg — up & up
- lotion
- Влажные салфетки для детей — OOO "РОСТ-Бренд"
- Seb Man The Dandy Pomade — Sebastian Professional
- calahist
- delsym
- Rabano Yodado
Azodicarbonamide (E927a) Banned elsewhere
Banned in the EU and Australia; the 'yoga mat' flour additive.
- Classic White Bread — L'OVEN
- 9 Grain Bread — S. Rosen's
- Reduced Calorie Italian Bread — Freihofers
- Italian style bread — Wonder Spoleto
- Cheese & Garlic Croutons — Fresh Gourmet
- Wheat Round Top Bread — Great Value
- Seasoned Croutons — Food Club
- Enriched Hot Dog Buns — Bunny
- Giant white enriched bread — Aunt Millie's, Aunt Millie's Bakeries
- Enriched Bread — Merita
- Healthy Multi-Grain Bread With Sesame Seeds — Alpha Baking Co. Inc., S. Rosen's
- Seasoned croutons — Mrs. Cubbison's
- Cinnamon French Toast Sticks — Great Value
- Classic Cheese Sliders — White Castle
- Galletas — La Molienda
- English Muffin Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwiches — Jimmy Dean
- Bread
- Cinnamon Raisin Bagels — L & L
- Crouton — Mrs. Cubbison's
- Italian Seasoned Croutons — Fresh Gourmet
- Good Old Fashioned — Cavin John
- Chicken Gyro Kit — Bremer
- Roast Beef & Asiago Chreese — York Street Market
- Grilled Veggie & Mozzarella — York Street Market
- Carb Watch Bread — Braum's
- Hot dog buns — Psst...
- French Style Classic Dinner Rolls — Roundy's
- Roundy's, garlic bread, original — Roundy's
- Split Top White Bread — Roundy's
- Croutons Cheese & Garlic — Spartan
Informational only — an additive restricted abroad is not automatically unsafe; regulators differ. Data from Open Food Facts may be incomplete; always read the current label.