Why are artificial preservatives like BHA and BHT still allowed in pet food, and which affordable brands are successfully avoiding artificial preservatives completely?
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Why are artificial preservatives like BHA and BHT still allowed in pet food, and which affordable brands are successfully avoiding artificial preservatives completely?
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FDA BHA BHT pet food regulations permitted levels antioxidant 21 CFR 172.110 172.115; affordable pet food brands recipes preserved with mixed tocopherols no BHA BHT 2026Google ↗
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FDA BHA BHT pet food regulations permitted levels antioxidant 21 CFR 172.110 172.115; affordable pet food brands recipes preserved with mixed tocopherols no BHA BHT 2026 Google ↗
- FDA's Regulation of Pet Food · fda.gov
- 6228 Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 28 / Wednesday, February 11, 2026 / Notices · docs.regulations.justia.com
- BHT is authorized as a direct food additive when used as an antioxidant, alone or in combination with butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), in certain foods with specified limitations (21 CFR 172.115). BHT is also permitted as a direct food additive in chewing gum base when used as an antioxidant, alone or in combination with BHA or propyl gallate, such that the total antioxidant content does not exceed 0.1% of the gum base (21 CFR 172.615(a)) (we have also issued a Request for Information as part of · public-inspection.federalregister.gov
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