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Canonical INCI monograph

BHT

Not on the EU Annex III list

BHT is a substituted toluene that conforms to the formula:

BHT is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Antioxidant, Fragrance, with CAS number 128-37-0 and EC number 204-881-4. CosIng records a restriction against it (III / 325), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 13 product labels, reaching position 8 on Cherry Fizz Premium Deodorant Stick.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
128-37-0
EC NUMBER
204-881-4
COSING FUNCTIONS
Antioxidant, Fragrance
COSING RESTRICTION
III / 325

Sample products containing BHT

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Fruity Shine Cherry #18
powder touch #12
Aroma Sensations Feel the Passion #13
Cosmetic Product 5601312601173 #9
Labello Blackberry Shine 5.5ml #19
Крем для рук Питание и Восстановление #22
Cherry Fizz Premium Deodorant Stick #8
Rexona MotionSense Shower Fresh Kadın Anti-Perspirant Stick #11

Query BHT in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "BHT"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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