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Food Additives - Names Starting with S

List of Additives and What They Do

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

Index of Food Additives

  • Saccharin - Nonnutritive Sweetener, Sugar Substitute, Sweetening Agent
  • Saffron - Color
  • Sage Oil, Dalmatian Type - Flavoring Agent
  • Sage Oil, Spanish Type - Flavoring Agent
  • Salts of Fatty Acids - Anticaking Agent, Drying Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Whipping Agent
  • Sandalwood Oil, East Indian Type - Flavoring Agent
  • Santalol - Flavoring Agent
  • Santalyl Acetate - Flavoring Agent
  • Savory Oil (Summer Variety) - Flavoring Agent
  • Shellac, Bleached - Coating Agent, Film Former, Glaze, Polish, Surface-Finishing Agent
  • Shellac, Bleached, Wax Free - Coating Agent, Film Former, Glaze, Polish, Surface-Finishing Agent
  • Silicon Dioxide - Anticaking Agent, Carrier, Defoaming Agent, Disintegrating Agent, Dispersing Agent, Drying Agent, Formulation Aid, Tableting Aid
  • Silicon Dioxide Amorphous - Anticaking Agent, Drying Agent
  • Smoke Flavorings - Color, Flavoring Agent
  • Sodiium Stearoyl Lactylate - Stabilizer, Suspending Agent
  • Sodium Acetate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Acetate, Anhydrous - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate - Buffer, Leavening Agent, Neutralizing Agent, Sequestrant
  • Sodium Adipate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Alginate - Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Gelling Agent, Stabilizer, Suspending Agent, Thickener, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Aluminosilicate - Anticaking Agent, Drying Agent
  • Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Acidic - Leavening Agent
  • Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Basic - Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Ascorbate - Antioxidant, Dietary Supplement, Nutrient
  • Sodium Benzoate - Antimicrobial Agent, Preservative
  • Sodium Bicarbonate - Alkali, Leavening Agent
  • Sodium Bisulfate - Acid, Acidifier
  • Sodium Bisulfite - Preservative
  • Sodium Carbonate - Alkali
  • Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose - Gelling Agent, Stabilizer, Suspending Agent, Thickener
  • Sodium Caseinate - Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Suspending Agent, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Chloride - Dietary Supplement, Dough Conditioner, Flavor Enhancer, Intensifier, Flavoring Agent, Nutrient
  • Sodium Citrate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent, Sequestrant
  • Sodium Cyclamate - Sweetening Agent
  • Sodium Dehydroacetate - Preservative
  • Sodium Diacetate - Antimold Agent, Antirope Agent, Preservative, Sequestrant
  • Sodium Dihydrogen Citrate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent, Sequestrant
  • Sodium Dihydrogen Phosphate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent, Sequestrant
  • Sodium DL-Malate - Buffer, Neutralizing Agent, Seasoning Agent
  • Sodium Erythorbate - Antioxidant, Preservative
  • Sodium Ferric Pyrophosphate - Dietary Supplement, Nutrient
  • Sodium Ferrocyanide - Anticaking Agent, Drying Agent
  • Sodium Fumarate - Acid, Acidifier, Buffer, Neutralizing Agent, Seasoning Agent
  • Sodium Gluconate - Dietary Supplement, Nutrient, Sequestrant, Yeast Food
  • Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate - Alkali, Buffer, Leavening Agent, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Hydrogen DL-Malate - Buffer, Humectant, Moisture-Retaining Agent, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite - Antimicrobial Agent, Preservative
  • Sodium Hydroxide - Alkali
  • Sodium Hydroxide Solution - Alkali
  • Sodium Hypophosphite - Antioxidant, Preservative
  • Sodium L(+)-Tartrate - Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Suspending Agent
  • Sodium Lactate (Solution) - Antioxidant Synergist, Bodying Agent, Bulking Agent, Humectant, Moisture-Retaining Agent
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate - Surface-Active Agent, Wetting Agent
  • Sodium Metabisulfite - Antimicrobial Agent, Antioxidant, Bleaching Agent, Oxidizing Agent, Preservative
  • Sodium Metaphosphate, Insoluble - Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Sequestrant, Texture-Modifying Agent, Texturizer, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Nitrate - Antimicrobial Agent, Color Fixative, Preservative
  • Sodium Nitrite - Antimicrobial Agent, Color Fixative, Preservative
  • Sodium O-Phenylphenol - Preservative
  • Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic - Buffer, Dietary Supplement, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Neutralizing Agent, Nutrient, Texture-Modifying Agent, Texturizer, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic - Buffer, Dietary Supplement, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Neutralizing Agent, Nutrient, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Phosphate, Tribasic - Buffer, Dietary Supplement, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Neutralizing Agent, Nutrient, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Polyphosphates, Glassy - Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Sequestrant, Texture-Modifying Agent, Texturizer, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Potassium Tartrate - , Neutralizing Agent, Sequestrant
  • Sodium Propionate - Antimicrobial Agent, Antimold Agent, Antirope Agent, Preservative
  • Sodium Pyrophosphate - Buffer, Dietary Supplement, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Neutralizing Agent, Nutrient, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Saccharin - Nonnutritive Sweetener, Sugar Substitute, Sweetening Agent
  • Sodium Sesquicarbonate - Alkali, Buffer, Neutralizing Agent
  • Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Dough Conditioner, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Whipping Agent
  • Sodium Stearyl Fumarate - Dough Conditioner
  • Sodium Sulfate - Component in the Manufacture of Other Food-Grade Additives

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