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Food
Flavorings, preservatives, and processing aids that turn raw ingredients into shelf-stable food. A packaged loaf stays soft because preservatives and processing aids work.
For 320 of 376 Food chemicals, the government publishes no US supply data.
Reasons: 318 with confidential volumes and 2 listed with zero or no volume.
Why supply is unknown320
supply unknown
30
import-dependent
376
chemicals tracked
Chemicals in Food
Chemicals with their own customs code first, largest imports first. Shared customs-category values follow.
Chemicals flagged as ingredients in FDA-listed shortage drugs. One drug can contain several ingredient chemicals, so this count exceeds the drug count on the shortages page.
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