This review is focused on the application of capillary electrophoresis in the analyses of food additives including preservatives, antioxidants, sweeteners and colorants. The results of these studies indicate several advantages of' capillary electrophoresis such as high separation efficiency, short analysis time, low consumption of sample and solvent, good repetitiveness, and minimal sample pretreatment. Also, the resolving power of capillary electrophoresis is satisfactory for adequate separation of closely related substances or mixtures of different additives. The capillary electrophoresis and micellar electrokinetic chromatography methods for determining food additives of actual food samples are discussed.