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E Numbers 500 to 599 - Additives With Different Functions
| E-Number | Name | Origin | Origin(Other) |
| E500 | Sodium carbonate | Produced from seawater or salt. Natural minerals | |
| E501 | Potassium carbonate | Produced from potassiumchloride, a natural mineral | |
| E503 | Ammonium carbonate | Produced from ammonium sulphate and calcium carbonate, natural minerals | |
| E504 | Magnesium carbonate | Produced from magnesium hydroxide, but also occurs as a natural mineral | |
| E505 | Ferro carbonate | It occurs as a natural mineral | |
| E507 | Hydrochloric acid | Natural acid, normal acid in the stomach. Produced from salt and sulphuric acid | |
| E508 | Potassium chloride | Natural salt, part of sea salt and rock salt | |
| E509 | Calcium chloride | Natural salt, part of sea salt and rock salt | |
| E510 | Ammonium chloride | Natural salt, part of sea salt and rock salt. Prepared from hydrochloric acid and ammonia | |
| E511 | Magnesium chloride | Natural salt, part of sea salt and rock salt | |
| E512 | Stannous chloride | Prepared from tin ores and hydrochloric acid | |
| E513 | Sulphuric acid | Prepared from sulphur dioxide, oxygen and water | |
| E514 | Sodium sulphate | Prepared from salt and sulphuric acid | |
| E515 | Potassium sulphate | Prepared from potassium salts and sulphuric acid. Natural mineral | |
| E516 | Calcium sulphate | Prepared from calcium salts and sulphuric acid. Natural mineral | |
| E517 | Ammonium sulphate | Prepared from ammonium salts and sulphuric acid. Natural mineral | |
| E518 | Magnesium sulphate | Prepared from magnesium salts and sulphuric acid. Natural mineral | |
| E520 | Aluminium sulphate | Natural mineral, from which the commercial product is purified | |
| E521 | Aluminium sodium sulphate | Prepared from natural aluminium sulphate | |
| E523 | Aluminium ammonium sulphate | Prepared from natural aluminium sulphate | |
| E524 | Sodium hydroxide | Prepared from natural salt | |
| E525 | Potassium hydroxide | Prepared from the natural salt potassium chloride | |
| E526 | Calcium hydroxide | Prepared from the natural salt calcium oxide | |
| E527 | Ammonium hydroxide | Prepared from the ammonia and water | |
| E528 | Magnesium hydroxide | Prepared from natural minerals | |
| E529 | Calcium oxide | Prepared from chalk | |
| E530 | Magnesium oxide | Prepared from several minerals | |
| E535 | Sodium ferrocyanide | Prepared from hydrogen ferrocyanide and sodium hydroxide | |
| E536 | Potassium ferrocyanide | Prepared from hydrogen ferrocyanide and potassium hydroxide | |
| E537 | Ferrohexacyanomanganate | Prepared from hydrogen mangano-cyanide and iron hydroxide | |
| E538 | Calcium ferrocyanide | Prepared from hydrogen ferrocyanide and calcium hydroxide | |
| E539 | Sodium thiosulphate | Synthetic compound | |
| E540 | Dicalcium pyrophosphate (now E450) | Salts of sodium/potassium/calcium with phosphates. All are produced synthetically from the respective carbonates and phosphoric acid | |
| E541 | Sodium aluminium phosphate | Synthetically produced from aluminium, phosphoric acid and sodium hydroxide | |
| E542 | Edible bone phosphate | Produced from animal bones | From animal bones. Since the BSE crisis mainly from pork, but other animal bones are used |
| E543 | Sodium calcium polyphosphate | Produced from sodium phosphate and calcium phosphate from non-animal origin | |
| E544 | Sodium calcium polyphosphate | Produced by heating calcium phosphate | |
| E545 | Ammonium polyphosphates | Produced by heating ammonium hydrogen phosphate | |
| E546 | Magnesium pyrophosphate | Produced by heating magnesiumphosphate | |
| E550 | Sodium silicates | Produced by heating siliciumdioxide (quartz, sand) and sodiumcarbonate | |
| E551 | Silicium dioxide | Produced from sand | |
| E552 | Calcium silicate | Produced from chalk and special sand | |
| E553 | Magnesium silicate | Produced from magnesium sulphate and sodium silicate or directly from minerals such as talcum, sepiolite and steatite | |
| E554 | Aluminium sodium silicate | Produced from several natural minerals | |
| E555 | Aluminium potassium silicate | Produced from several natural minerals | |
| E556 | Aluminium calcium silicate | Produced from several natural minerals | |
| E557 | Zinc silicate | Produced from the mineral willemite, also produced from siliciumoxide (quartz) and zinc oxide | |
| E558 | Bentonite | A natural type of clay from volcanic origin | |
| E559 | Kaolin | A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (such as feldspar) | |
| E570 | Stearic acid | A normal part of any fat. Commercially prepared from cottonseed oil, but animal origin can not be excluded | Although stearic acid and stearates are commercially obtained from plant sources, the use of animal fat (including pork and beef) can not be excluded |
| E571 | Ammonium stearate | Ammonium salt of stearic acid, E570 | Although stearic acid and stearates are commercially obtained from plant sources, the use of animal fat (including pork and beef) can not be excluded |
| E572 | Magnesium stearate | Magnesium salt of stearic acid, E570 | Although stearic acid and stearates are commercially obtained from plant sources, the use of animal fat (including pork and beef) can not be excluded |
| E573 | Aluminium stearate | Aluminium salt of stearic acid, E570 | Although stearic acid and stearates are commercially obtained from plant sources, the use of animal fat (including pork and beef) can not be excluded |
| E574 | Gluconic acid | Synthetic, or produced by fungi from sugar | |
| E575 | D-glucono-1, 5-lactone | Synthetic, or produced by bacteria from sugar | |
| E576 | Sodium gluconate | Sodium salt of gluconic acid, E574 | |
| E577 | Potassium gluconate | Potassium salt of gluconic acid, E574 | |
| E578 | Calcium gluconate | Calcium salt of gluconic acid, E574 | |
| E579 | Ferro gluconate | Iron salt of gluconic acid, E574 | |
| E585 | Ferro lactate | Iron salt of lactic acid, E270 | Uses E270 |
