Titanium dioxide
For Titanium dioxide, eu e-number is E 171; 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
- Titanium dioxide verified
- EU E-number
- E 171 verified
- EU food use status
- not authorised in the food categories listed in Part D and E verified
What the source says
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. The substance is in list B1 because it is used in medicinal products in accordance with Directive 2009/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 109, 30.4.2009, p. 10). <https://web.archive.org/web/20250605215849/https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=celex:32022R0063> ►M98 ( *2 ) Titanium dioxide 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