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- Cacao shell -
- Cachou extract -
- Cactus root extract -
- Cadinene -
- Caffeine - stimulant
- Cajeput oil -
- Calamus -
- Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides - flavor enhancer
- Calcium acetate - preservative, acidity regulator
- Calcium alginate - thickener, vegetable gum, stabilizer, gelling agent, emulsifier
- Calcium ascorbate - antioxidant (water soluble)
- Calcium aluminosilicate (calcium aluminium silicate) - anti-caking agent
- Calcium ascorbate (Vitamin C)
- Calcium benzoate - preservative
- Calcium bisulfite - preservative, antioxidant
- Calcium carbonates - color (white), anticaking agent, stabiliser
- Calcium chloride - mineral salt
- Calcium citrates - food acid, firming agent
- Calcium diglutamate - flavor enhancer
- Calcium disodium EDTA - preservative
- Calcium ferrocyanide - anti-caking agent
- Calcium formate - preservative
- Calcium fumarate - food acid
- Calcium gluconate - acidity regulator
- Calcium guanylate - flavor enhancer
- Calcium hydrogen sulfite - preservative, antioxidant
- Calcium hydroxide - mineral salt
- Calcium inosinate - flavor enhancer
- Calcium lactate - food acid
- Calcium lactobionate - stabilizer
- Calcium malates - food acid
- Calcium oxide - mineral salt
- Calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B5)
- Calcium peroxide -
- Calcium phosphates - mineral salt, anti-caking agent, firming agent
- Calcium polyphosphates - anti-caking agent
- Calcium propionate - preservative
- Calcium salts of fatty acids - emulsifier, stabiliser, anti-caking agent
- Calcium silicate - anti-caking agent
- Calcium sorbate - preservative
- Calcium stearoyl lactylate - emulsifier
- Calcium sulfate - flour treatment agent, mineral salt, sequestrant, improving agent, firming agent
- Calcium sulfite - preservative, antioxidant
- Calcium tartrate - food acid, emulsifier
- False flax oil made of the seeds of Camelina sativa - available in Russia as ????????? ?????. Considered promising as a food or fuel oil.
- Camomile -
- Candelilla wax - glazing agent
- Candle nut -
- Canola oil/Rapeseed oil, one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a (trademarked) cultivar of rapeseed.
- Canthaxanthin - color
- Caper (Capparis spinosa)
- Capsanthin - color
- Capsorubin - color
- Carrageenan - A family of linear sulphated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds.
- Caramel I (plain) - color (brown and black)
- Caramel II (Caustic Sulfite process) - color (brown and black)
- Caramel III (Ammonia process) - color (brown and black)
- Caramel IV (Ammonia sulfite process) - color (brown and black)
- Caraway -
- Carbamide - flour treatment agent
- Carbon black - color (brown and black)
- Carbon dioxide - acidity regulator, propellant
- Cardamom -
- carmines - color (red)
- Carmoisine - color (red) (FDA: Ext D&C Red #10)
- Carnauba wax - glazing agent
- Carob Pod -
- Carob pod oil/Algaroba oil, used medicinally.
- Carotenes - color
- Alpha-carotene - color
- Beta-carotene - color
- Gamma-carotene - color
- Carrageenan - thickener, vegetable gum, stabilizer, gelling agent, emulsifier
- Carrot Oil -
- Cashew oil - somewhat comparable to olive oil. May have value for fighting dental cavities.
- Cassia -
- Catechu extract -
- Celery salt -
- Celery seed -
- Wheat germ oil - used as a food supplement, and for its "grainy" flavor. Also used medicinally. Highly unstable.
- Chalk - color (white), anticaking agent, stabiliser
- Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) -
- Chicory -
- Chicory Root Extract - High in Inulin
- Chile pepper -
- Chili powder -
- Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) -
- Chlorine dioxide - flour treatment agent
- Chlorine - flour treatment agent
- Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins - color (green)
- Chocolate Brown HT - color
- Choline salts and esters - emulsifier
- Chrysoine resorcinol - color (red)
- Cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
- Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
- Cilantro (see Coriander) (Coriandrum sativum)
- Cinnamon -
- Cinnamon oil - used for flavoring.
- Citranaxanthin - color
- Citric acid - food acid
- Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids - emulsifier
- Citrus red 2 - color (red)
- Cloves -
- Cochineal - color (red)
- Coconut oil - a cooking oil, high in saturated fat - particularly used in baking and cosmetics.
- Sage (Salvia officinalis) -
- Copper complexes of chlorophylls - color (green)
- Coriander -
- Coriander seed oil - used medicinally. Also used as a flavoring agent in pharmaceutical and food industries.
- Corn oil - one of the most common, and inexpensive cooking oils.
- Corn syrup -
- Cottonseed oil - a major food oil, often used in industrial food processing.
- Cress -
- Crocetin - color
- Crocin - color
- Crosslinked Sodium carboxymethylcellulose - emulsifier
- Cryptoxanthin - color
- Cumin -
- Cumin oil/Black seed oil - used as a flavor, particularly in meat products. Also used in veterinary medicine.
- Cupric sulfate - mineral salt
- Curcumin - color (yellow and orange)
- Curry powder -
- Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) -
- Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) -
- Cyclamates - artificial sweetener
- Cyclamic acid - artificial sweetener
- beta-cyclodextrin - emulsifier
- Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus, C. flexuosus, and other species) -
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