Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone - TBHQ
Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone - TBHQ is a Synthetic food grade antioxidant, that is used to stabalize foods, fats and vegetable oils aganist oxidative deterioration and thus extending their storage life. Basically in simple terms TBHQ can be called a chemical that is used as a preservative. It helps in Preserving food products.
There is a natural antioxidant called Tocopherol that is present in vegetable oils that is insufficent for oxidative stability, even if external Tocopherol is added to the vegetable oil it does not increase the stability hence a synthetic antioxidant is required.
There are 2 types of antioxidants that can be used
  • Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone - TBHQ
  • Propyl Gallate

Propyl Gallate is prone to dicolouration in the presence of Iron, while Tertiary butyl Hydroquinone gives an outstanding stabalization effect in unsturated fats,Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, and inedible animal fats.TBHQ can also be advantageous in essential oils, nuts, buffer fat and food packaging material thus being a better and healthier option to be used as a preservative.
TBHQ is certified as safe for human consumption. In many major developing organisations like FDA (Food and Drug Administration), FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) and others permit the use of TBHQ or combinations with BHA (Butylated Hydroxy Anisole) or BHT (Butylated Hydroxy Toluene) at concentrations upto 0.02% by weight of the fat or oil content of the food.
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