Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant

Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant appears in 2 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.

What the data can answer

Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant appears in 2 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.

2
catalogued products
#46,185
usage rank of 247,206
0
named brands represented
80%
average depth down ingredient lists

Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.

How to use this page

Audit the co-occurring flags first

100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant as the trigger. Open records such as Pampa Honey mustard Dressing and dip; Ranch and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 70.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 80% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2 of 2 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.

Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.

Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant ranks above 81.3% of catalogued ingredients

Usage rank
#46,185
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
80%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2 products listing it (mean slot 21.0). Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.

Products Containing Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant

Full indexed set for Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant — 2 products:

Download these 2 product rows (CSV) 2 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Count and score peers around flagged Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant

With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant spans 2 products at 70/100 average screening score.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

What to do with this Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant record

Use the 2-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Open the product sample for Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant

How should I read safety signals when Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant sits in heavily flagged products?

100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Where does Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant show up across the catalog?

Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Butylated Hydroxytoluene As An Antioxidant). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.