European labelling must have E numbers[1] for many chemical products, and no one tries to paint these as anything other than an effort to standardize labeling,

European labelling must have E numbers[1] for many chemical products, and no one tries to paint these as anything other than an effort to standardize labeling, so as to help consumer decisions. However, consumers started seeing attacks to products containing this or that harmful E-something, and immediately learned “E means it's bad”. I have had debates with colleagues wherein E300 was used to show a product was potentially harmful, where that is just ascorbic acid (vitamin C). It is true the immediate widespread understanding of “GM product” would be “evil product”. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%20Number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%20Number