Bht derives its vegan and vegetarian status from 4-cresol, isobutylene.
| Vegan? Yes | Vegetarian? Yes |
Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.
Commercially available bht is vegan and vegetarian.
BHT, or butylated hydroxytoluene, is used as an antioxidant in food products. It is produced synthetically from 4-cresol and isobutylene.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butylated_hydroxytoluene
- Yehye, W. A., Rahman, N. A., Ariffin, A., Abd Hamid, S. B., Alhadi, A. A., Kadir, F. A., & Yaeghoobi, M. (2015). Understanding the chemistry behind the antioxidant activities of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT): A review. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 101, 295–312.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.06.026 - https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2_6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing