Additives permitted in coffee and tea drinks under Vietnam's Circular 24/2019

Coffee, tea and herbal drinks share one group in Annex 2A^[2], so the list below of additives allowed under Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT^[1] covers the whole group and does not describe any one tea pack or coffee can.

What's actually on the label

Cà Phê Hòa Tan 3 Trong 1 Mr. VIET Hộp 15 Gói x 17gE1440 E340 E471 E472e E551^[5]✓ Every code is permitted in Vietnam (Circular 24/2019)
Lốc 6 Trà Xanh Hương Chanh C2 Chai 355mlE330 E331 E296 E300 E150d^[6]✓ Every code is permitted in Vietnam (Circular 24/2019)

List under Appendix 2A, Circular 24/2019

Risk level on the Yenzo Scale, not the Circular's.

Low risk

13 of 47

E214Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate E242Dimethyl dicarbonate E414Acacia gum (gum arabic)E425Konjac E472Esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids E474Sucroglycerides E491Sorbitan monostearate E492Sorbitan tristearate E493Sorbitan monolaurate E551Silicon dioxide E627Disodium guanylate E631Disodium inosinate E635Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides

Very low risk

34 of 47

E150aPlain caramel (caramel I)E170Calcium carbonates E290Carbon dioxide E296Malic acid E297Fumaric acid E300Ascorbic acid E325Sodium lactate E327Calcium lactate E331Sodium citrates E332Potassium citrates E350Sodium malates E363Succinic acid E365Sodium fumarate E400Alginic acid E401Sodium alginate E460Cellulose E461Methyl cellulose E463Hydroxypropyl cellulose E464Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose E465Ethyl methyl cellulose E466Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)E469Enzymatically hydrolysed carboxymethyl cellulose E470Salts of fatty acids (type not printed)E470aSodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids E471Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids E576Sodium gluconate E941Nitrogen E1400Dextrin E1403Bleached starch E1404Oxidised starch E1405Enzyme-treated starch E1414Acetylated distarch phosphate E1440Hydroxypropyl starch E1450Starch sodium octenyl succinate

About this list

The group's full name is “coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions and other hot cereal drinks, excluding cocoa drinks”, so a tea pack or coffee can carries only a few codes. Many codes come with a footnote about the product form: sucroglycerides (E474) are “only used for liquid canned coffee”^[3] and silicon dioxide (E551) “only for ready-mixed powder blends”^[4]. So the same code can be listed for canned coffee yet not apply to a tea pack.

The list comes from the “found in” section of each additive's page: the food groups of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT, Appendix 2A (maximum levels of additives in food). Being listed means the additive is permitted there, not that every product contains it.

Related additive categories

Sweeteners Emulsifiers

Sources

Updated: 23 October 2026

Information only, not medical advice. The risk level is the additive's class in Yenzo's open scoring method, based on the cited source.