E number

British

noun

any of a series of numbers with the prefix E indicating a specific food additive recognized by the European Union and used on labels of processed food

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MSG – or E621, to give the additive its official European E-number – is being rehabilitated by prominent “modernist” or “molecular” chefs, who borrow ingredients and techniques from the food engineering and chemical industries.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2018

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