Canthaxanthin
For Canthaxanthin, eu e-number is E 161g; eu food use status is not authorised in the food categories listed in Part D and E, verified against its source on 2026-08-10.
- Color additive name
- Canthaxanthin verified
- EU E-number
- E 161g verified
- EU food use status
- not authorised in the food categories listed in Part D and E verified
What the source says
E 161g | Canthaxanthin ( *1 ) | E 162 | Beetroot Red, betanin | E 163 | Anthocyanins | E 170 | Calcium carbonate | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32022R0063> ▼M98 | E 171 | Titanium dioxide ( *2 ) | <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32011R1129> ▼M2 | E 172 | Iron oxides and hydroxides | E 173 | Aluminium | E 174 | Silver | E 175 | Gold | E 180 | Litholrubine BK | ( 1 ) The term caramel relates to products of a more or less intense brown colour which are intended for colouring. It does not correspond to the sugary aromatic product obtained from heating sugars and which is used for flavouring food (e.g. confectionery, pastry, alcoholic drinks). ( *1 ) Canthaxanthin is not authorised in the food categories listed in Part D and E.
— eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- eur-lex.europa.euhttps://web.archive.org/web/2025/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02008R1333-20241216