You should know
What it is
Explained
BHT is a synthetic antioxidant. As an antioxidant, it helps your body fight off free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells.
BHT also helps stabilize products and prevent them from degrading. Many products are sensitive to air and light. BHT prevents them from breaking down when exposed.
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Also known as: Butylated Hydroxytoluene
BHT is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 4.5% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
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Where it's used
BHT is most often found as ingredient number 24 within an ingredient list.
Of the 2 products in our database that have a known concentration of BHT, they all have a concentration of 0.1% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use BHT the most:
References
Products with BHT
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 32185
- INCI Name: BHT
- INN Name: butylated hydroxytoluene
- EC #: Â 204-881-4
- Ph. Eur. Name: butylhydroxytoluenum
- All Functions: Antioxidant, Masking