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E-number /ˈiːnʌmbə /noun British1A code number preceded by the letter E, denoting food additives numbered in accordance with EU directives.Once an additive has been approved as safe across the European Union, it is assigned an E-number....- The magazine concludes that additives are essential to provide safe, convenient food all year round but questions the need for E-number ingredients to make food more colourful.
- Food campaigners have accused companies of deliberately misleading consumers, many of whom need to check labels for health reasons, by listing a mixture of additive names and E-numbers.
1.1 informal A food additive.The crisps are hand-fried using the finest flavourings - we don't use E-numbers or artificial flavourings....- Today I have eaten at least a pound of pure E-numbers.
- There is nothing the six-year-old likes more now than to strut around the living room, cranked up on E-numbers after eating too many bags.
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