Artificial preservatives and antioxidants
additive · base score -1 · also listed as artificial preservatives, artificial antioxidants, bha, bht, ethoxyquin, propyl gallate, e320, e321
What is it?
Artificial preservatives and antioxidants is an additive, such as a preservative, flavouring or colouring. Graded poor: cheap, vague or of questionable value, so it drags a product’s score down.
At a glance
- Category
- additive
- Grade
- poor
- Base score
- -1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 0 products
- Also listed as
- artificial preservatives, artificial antioxidants, bha, bht, ethoxyquin, propyl gallate, e320, e321
Common questions about artificial preservatives and antioxidants
Is Artificial preservatives and antioxidants good for dogs?
We grade it as a poor ingredient: typically cheap, vague or of questionable nutritional value, so it drags a product’s score down. One poor ingredient does not make a food bad on its own, but a recipe built from several usually scores low.
How many UK dog foods contain artificial preservatives and antioxidants?
None of the UK products in our database currently list artificial preservatives and antioxidants as an ingredient.
What else is artificial preservatives and antioxidants called on labels?
Manufacturers list it under several names: artificial preservatives, artificial antioxidants, bha, bht, ethoxyquin, propyl gallate, e320, e321. We match all of these to the same glossary entry when we read a label.
How does Open Dog Food grade artificial preservatives and antioxidants?
We grade it poor, our lowest grade, used for cheap, vague or low-value ingredients. Every ingredient is converted to its dry-matter share and scored from our glossary before a recipe gets its 1-100 rating; the full method is on our methodology page.
No products in our database currently use this ingredient.