Additive · Stabilizer

E500 — Sodium carbonates · page 300

E500 (Sodium carbonates) appears in the ingredient lists of 36,555 products sold in the United States. Function: stabilizer, thickener.

36,555products with a complete record
4%rated A or B on Nutri-Score
25.5 gsugars per 100 g (median)
0.86 gsalt per 100 g (median)

Nutri-Score

How rated products spread
A 2%B 2%C 10%D 28%E 58%

29,693 rated products

Median values

Per 100 g, across all 36,555 products
Calories398 kcal
Sugars25.5 g
Saturated fat5.2 g
Salt0.86 g

Categories

Most represented

Status in the United States (FDA)

Listed in the FDA inventory “Substances Added to Food”, with the regulations 21 CFR 73.85, 172.824, 173.310, 184.1742.

Technical effects listed by the FDA: antioxidant, curing or pickling agent, flavoring agent or adjuvant, ph control agent, processing aid

The inventory is a partial list, and a listing is not an FDA approval of every use; the regulations set the permitted uses.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Substances Added to Food (updated 9/8/2026), public domain · CAS 497-19-8 via Wikidata (CC0)

Products

36,555 products, most viewed first · page 300 of 762.

S
Snickerdoodle CookiesFood Club · 28 gE
T
Thin & Crispy Pizza Crust Mixclub
R
Raw stuffed chicken breastB
R
Raw stuffed broccoli & cheese chicken breastA
T
Toaster PastriesFood Club · 52 gE
A
Artificially flavored vanilla light ice cream with chocolate wafers mini sandwiches, vanillaD
M
Mandarin orange chicken fully cooked, boneless, tempura chicken breast pieces in a mandarin orange sauce meal starter, mandarin orange chickenD
G
General tso's chicken fully cooked, boneless, tempura chicken breast pieces in a general tso sauce meal starterD
S
Sweet chili chicken fully cooked, boneless, tempura chicken breast pieces in a sweet chili sauce meal starter, sweet chili chickenD
S
Sweet & sour chicken fully cooked, boneless, tempura chicken breast pieces in a sweet & sour sauce meal starterD
P
Partyzone, corn nuggetsD
H
Homestyle waffles, homestyle
P
Peanut chocolate chunk sweet & salty chewy pretzel bars, peanut chocolate chunkD
W
White chocolate chip sweet & salty chewy pretzel bars, white chocolate chipE
P
Potato classics, southwest style scalloped potato slicesE
P
Pizza Crust MixFull Circle · 28 gA
S
StrudelD
C
Candy bar overload caramel flavored ice cream, nougat swirls & tasty caramel & chocolate covered peanuts, candy bar overloadFood ClubD
L
Low fat honey graham crackers, honeyD
W
Waffle & Pancake MixFull Circle · 49 gC
C
Coconut CookiesFull Circle · 28 gE
F
Food club, chewy cookies, chocolate chipFood ClubE
C
Chunky Chocolate Chip CookiesFood Club · 16 gE
V
Vanilla creme double stuffed chocolate sandwich cookies, vanilla cremeFood ClubE
D
Dunksters, Original Sandwich Cookies, ChocolateFood Club
F
Food club, shortbread cookies, pecanFood ClubE
I
Ice cream sundae cupsD
C
Chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate chipE
P
Potato classics, scalloped potato slices in a creamy sauceFood ClubE
P
Potato classics, au gratin potato slices with real cheese in a creamy sauce, au gratinFood ClubE
S
Snack CrackersFood Club · 16 gE
F
Food club, snack crackers, wheatFood ClubD
Pancakes, Food Club
PancakesFood Club
M
Mandarin Orange Chicken Meal Starter@ Ease · 140 gB
H
Human Style Chicken Meal Starter@ Ease · 140 gC
M
Meal Starter ChickenEase · 140 gB
S
Sweet & Sour Chicken Meal Starter@Ease · 140 gC
S
Strawberry deluxe cake mix, strawberry
B
Butter recipe yellow deluxe cake mix, butter recipe yellow
B
Butter recipe fudge deluxe cake mix, butter recipe fudge
C
Confetti deluxe cake mix, confetti
W
White deluxe cake mix, white
Y
Yellow Deluxe Cake Mix
D
Devil's food deluxe cake mix, devil's food
D
Dark chocolate deluxe cake mix, dark chocolate
C
Carrot deluxe cake mix, carrot
S
Snack CrackersFood Club · 16 gE
D
Ducks in a row cheddar cheese baked crackers, cheddar cheeseFull CircleE

Source: Open Food Facts export of November 1, 2026, ODbL, and USDA FoodData Central, October 2026 release, CC0 · Shelfpedia calculations (medians, distributions).