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- Babassu oil - similar to, and used as a substitute for coconut oil.
- Baking powder - leavening agent; includes acid and base
- Baking soda - food base
- Balm, lemon -
- Balm oil -
- Balsam Peru -
- Barberry -
- Barley flour -
- Basil (Ocimum basilicum) -
- Basil extract -
- Bay leaves -
- Beeswax - glazing agent
- Beet red - color (red)
- Beetroot red - color (red)
- Ben oil - extracted from the seeds of the moringa oleifera. High in behenic acid. Extremely stable edible oil. Also suitable for biofuel.
- Bentonite - anti-caking agent
- Benzoic acid - preservative
- Benzoyl peroxide - flour treatment agent
- Berebere -
- Bergamot - in Earl Grey tea
- Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30) - color
- Beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid ethyl ester - color
- Betanin - color (red)
- Biphenyl - preservative
- Bison grass (Hierochloe odorata)
- Bixin - color
- Black 7984 - color (brown and black)
- Black cardamom -
- Black cumin -
- Blackcurrant seed oil - used as a food supplement, because of high content of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Also used in cosmetics.
- Black limes -
- Pepper (black, white, and green) -
- Black PN - color (brown and black)
- Bleached starch - thickener, vegetable gum
- Bolivian Coriander (Porophyllum ruderale) -
- Bone phosphate - anti-caking agent
- Borage (Borago officinalis) -
- Borage seed oil - similar to blackcurrant seed oil - used primarily medicinally.
- Borax - preservative
- Boric acid - preservative
- Brilliant Black BN- color (brown and black)
- Brilliant blue FCF - color (FDA: FD&C Blue #1)
- Brilliant Scarlet 4R - color (FDA: Ext D&C Red #8)
- Brominated vegetable oil - emulsifier, stabiliser
- Brown FK - color (brown and black)
- Bush tomato -
- Butane - propellant
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) - antioxidant (fat soluble)
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) - antioxidant (fat soluble)
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