В хранителната индустрия се използват различни добавки, които, на кратко, се наричат Е-номера (E-NUMBERS).
Част от тях са вегетариански, част от тях не са. Прилагам списък на вегетарианските и невегетарианските Е-номера (в червено са НЕ-вегетарианските, в синьо са несигурните, а всички останали, по информация, достъпна на вегетарианските сайтове към днешна дата, са вегетариански):
Additives: Animal-Derived
E120
E542
E631
E901 - beeswax
E904 - shellac
calcium mesoinositol
hexaphosphate
lactose
sperm oil/spermaceti
Additives: Possibly Animal-Derived
E101 - riboflavin, lactoflavin, vitamin B2
E101(a) - riboflavin 5'-phosphate
E153 (believed animal-free version only may be used in food) - carbon black, vegetable carbon
E161(b) - lutein
E161(g) - canthaxanthin
E236 - formic acid
E237 - sodium formate
E238 - calcium formate
E270 - lactic acid
E322 - lecithin
E325 - sodium lactate
E326 - potassium lactate
E327 - calcium lactate
E422 - glycerol (glycerine)
E430 (believed to be no longer permitted in food) - polyoxyethylene (8) stearate, polyoxyl (8) stearate
E431 - polyoxyethylene (40) stearate, polyoxyl (40) stearate
E432 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, polysorbate 20, tween 20
E433 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-oleate, polysorbate 80, tween 80
E434 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate, polysorbate 40, tween 40
E435 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, tween 60
E436 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate, polysorbate 65, tween 65
E470(a) - sodium, potassium and calcium slats of fatty acids
E470(b) - magnesium salts of fatty acids
E471 - glycerides of fatty acids, glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate
E472(a) - acetic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, acetoglycerides, glycerol esters
E472(b) - lactic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, lactylated glycerides, lactoglycerides
E472(c) - citric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(d) - tartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(e) - mono and diacetyltartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(f) - mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
E473 - sucrose esters of fatty acids
E474 - sucroglycerides
E475 - polyglycerol esters of fatty acids
E476 - polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil, polyglycerol polyricinoleate; - polyglycerol esters of dimerized fatty acids of soya bean oil
E477 - propylene glycol esters of fatty acids; propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids
E478 - lactylated fatty acid esters of gylcerol and propane-1,2-diol
E479(b) - thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
E481 - sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
E482 - calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
E483 - stearyl tartrate
E491 - sorbitan monostearate
E492 - sorbitan tristearate, span 65
E493 - sorbitan monolaurate, span 20
E494 - sorbitan mono-oleate, span 80
E495 - sorbitan monopalmitate, span 40
E570 - fatty acids (including myristic, stearic, palmitic and oleic), butyl stearate
E572 - magnesium salts of fatty acids (including magnesium stearate); - calcium stearate
E585 - ferrous lactate
E627 - guanosine 5'-disodium phosphate, sodium guanylate, disodium guanylate
E635 - sodium 5'-ribonucleotide
E640 - glycine and its sodium salt
E920 - L-cysteine hydrochloride
E1518 - glyceryl mono-, di- and tri-acetate (triacetin) calcium hepatonate calcium phytate diacetin glyceryl leucine monoacetin oxystearin any unspecified flavourings