Glycerol (E422)

What it is and why it counts

Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.

Cosmetic additives

NOVA calls these additives "cosmetic": they change how a product looks, feels or tastes rather than keeping it safe to eat. Their presence is one of the two defining signs of an ultra-processed food.

Function

Humectant

Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

Thickener

Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.

Functional class definitions from the EU food additives regulation, via Open Food Facts.

More about glycerol (E422) on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Glycerol (E422) appears in 1,312 of the 40,000 products on this site (3%).

• Protein bars 173 of 426 products
• Cereal bars 95 of 487 products
• Wheat flatbreads 82 of 149 products
• Cakes 71 of 377 products
• Sugar-free chewing gum 63 of 76 products
• Biscuits 62 of 1,514 products

Products containing glycerol (E422)

• Protein Nut Bar Fruit & Chocolate Nature Valley · 160 g NOVA group 4
• Wraps WHEAT & WHITE Mission NOVA group 4
• Lemon Blueberry Oat Boosts Graze · 120g NOVA group 4
• Cocoa Vanilla Oat Boosts Graze · 4 x 30 g NOVA group 4
• Tortillas de trigo General Mills Inc. · 326g NOVA group 4
• Chocolate and Peanut Butter Flavour Vitamin & Protein Bar Fulfil · 55g 1 Bar NOVA group 4
• Skinny Crunch Light Salted Caramel Skinny Crunch Light · 100 gram NOVA group 4
• Wraps Original Mission · 6 367g NOVA group 4
• Skinny Crunch Light Raspberry & White Choc Skinny Crunch · 195 gram NOVA group 4
• Fig Bar Blueberry Nature's Bakery · 2 oz NOVA group 4
• Traditional Dairy Ice Cream Mackie's of Scotland · 1L NOVA group 4
• Protein Bar sabor a Brownie Sportyfeel · 135 g (3 x 45 g) NOVA group 4
• Sweet and salty nut Nature Valley · 150g NOVA group 4
• Blueberry Wheats Kellogg's NOVA group 4
• Protein Peanut & Chocolate Nature Valley · 40g NOVA group 4
• White Tortilla Wraps Tesco · 8 Pack NOVA group 4
• Raspberry Flavor Shortcake Cookies Jammie Dodgers · 140g NOVA group 4
• Soft Bakes Choc Chips belVita NOVA group 4
• Wholemeal Tortilla Wraps Tesco · 8 x 61 g NOVA group 4
• Raspberry Wholegrain Oat Bars Stoats · 4 x 42 g NOVA group 4
• Grenade High Protein, Low Sugar Grenade · 60g NOVA group 4
• Artificial Spicy Chicken Flavor Stir-Fried Ramen Samyang · 4.93 oz NOVA group 4
• Peanut butter bars Graze · 4 x 30g NOVA group 4
• Soft Bakes Blueberry Belvita · 250g NOVA group 4
• Brunch Choc Chip Cadbury · 5 x 28g (140g) NOVA group 4
• FIG BAR Raspberry Nature's Bakery · 57 g NOVA group 4
• Protein Plant Powered Wheat Flour Tortilla Wraps Mission NOVA group 4
• Tortilla Wraps Whitworths Mill Bakery · 6 wraps 366g NOVA group 4
• Celebrations Mars Foods · 550 g NOVA group 4
• Protein Peanut and Chocolate Nature Valley · 40 g NOVA group 4
• Muesli Bars Chocolate Crownfield · 8x25 gram NOVA group 4
• Fruit Slices - Apple Go Ahead · 174g (4x3x14.5g) NOVA group 4
• White Tortilla Wraps Nevill's NOVA group 4
• Seeded Tortilla Wraps Rowan Hill Bakery · 496g NOVA group 4
• Carb Lite 6 Wraps Deli Kitchen · 300 g NOVA group 4
• Chocolate Brownie Flavour Vitamin & Protein Bar Fulfil · 55g NOVA group 4
• Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Chewy Granola Bar Nature Valley · 35 g NOVA group 4
• Both In One Tortilla Wraps Rowan Hill Bakery · 8 sheets 496g NOVA group 4
• Heroes Cadbury · 550g NOVA group 4
• Celebrations Box (1 Chocolate) Galaxy NOVA group 4
• Blueberry Fig Bar Nature's Bakery NOVA group 4
• Soft Bakes Choco Hazelnut Flavour Belvita · 5 x 50g NOVA group 4
• Tortilla Wraps Seeded Village Bakery · 496g NOVA group 4
• Fruit & Oat Bakes Apple Go Ahead · 6 x 35g NOVA group 4
• Plain Tortilla Wraps Rowan Hill Bakery · 496g NOVA group 4
• WHOLEMEAL Wraps Mission NOVA group 4
• Extra Peppermint Wrigley's · 64 g NOVA group 4
• Grenade White Chocolate Cookie Carb Killa Bar Grenade · 60g NOVA group 4
• Wholemeal Tortilla Wraps Nevill's · 8 NOVA group 4
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest · 60g NOVA group 4
• Improved Recipe CROWNFIELD SCOTTISH SUPERFOOD OAT Crownfield · 4 x 30 g NOVA group 4
• Fruit Slice FOREST FRUIT Go Ahead · 174g NOVA group 4
• Fit Crunch Chocolate Peanut Butter Chef Robert Irvine's · 1.62 oz (46 g) NOVA group 4
• Chewy Protein Bar Kirkland Signature · 1.41 oz NOVA group 4
• Sticky Toffee Oat Boosts Graze · 4 x 30 g NOVA group 4
• Brunch Bar Cadbury · 28g 5 bars NOVA group 4
• CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER protein bar Pure Protein · 50g NOVA group 4
• Protein Bites with Whole Oats Graze · 120g NOVA group 4
• High Protein, Low Sugar Grenade · 60 g NOVA group 4
• wholemeal tortilla wraps Rowan Hill Bakery NOVA group 4

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