Eastman Tenox™ Antioxidants

Oxidation causes deterioration of freshness in flavor and aroma. Help keep food fresh and inhibit the destructive process that results in rancidity by adding Tenox™ food-grade antioxidants to your recipe. Tenox™ grades feature a base chemistry of tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), or butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and are also available as blends.
 

EASTMAN TENOX™ ANTIOXIDANTS

TBHQ FOOD-GRADE ANTIOXIDANT:
Most effective antioxidant for highly unsaturated vegetable oils & edible animal fats, Tenox™ TBHQ will effectively "carry through" from frying oils to provide excellent stability for meat or poultry finished foods under USDA compliance.

BHA FOOD-GRADE ANTIOXIDANT:
With outstanding solubility in fats and oils, Tenox™ BHA is easy to apply to food items. It is renowned for imparting stability into baked foods, providing extended shelf life. 

BHT FOOD-GRADE ANTIOXIDANT:
Tenox™ BHT is excellent at providing carry-through effectiveness in fats and oils, it imparts stability to baked goods, cereals, and packaging materials.

BENEFITS

EASE OF USE
 

Eastman provides antioxidants that are drop-in solutions for a wide range of end applications.

EFFECTIVE
 

Renowned as an effective antioxidant, even at low concentration levels, for both highly unsaturated vegetable oils and edible animal fats.

REGULATORY APPROVED
 

More than 50 years of use, cleared by the USDA and FDA.

PREVENTS OXIDATION
 

Helps fight against degradation of flavor and odor.
 

CHARACTERISTICS

	TBHQ Content	BHT Content	BHA Content	Citric Acid Content	Physical Form
Tenox™ TBHQ	100%				Solid
Tenox™ BHT		100%			Solid
Tenox™ BHA			100%		Solid
Tenox™ R	20%			20%	Liquid
Tenox™ 20	20%			10%	Liquid
Tenox™ 20A	20%			3%	Liquid
Tenox™ 21	20%			1%	Liquid
Tenox™ 25	10%	10%		3%	Liquid
Tenox™ 8		20%			Liquid
Tenox™ 4		20%	20%		Liquid
Tenox™ 4B			20%		Liquid

APPLICATIONS

Tenox™ Antioxidant Grades →	4	4B	8	20	20A	21	25	R	BHA	BHT	TBHQ
Animal feeds				X	X		X	X
Baked products	X	X	X				X
Bakery mixes	X	X					X
Bakery shortening	X				X		X
Beverage mixes		X							X
Candies	X	X					X		X	X
Cereals	X	X	X
Chewing gum									X	X
Citrus oils		X							X
Cookies	X	X			X		X
Cosmetics	X	X					X		X	X
Crackers	X	X	X				X
Dessert mixes		X							X
Edible fats	X	X			X		X		X	X	X
Fish oils & products				X	X						X
Flavorings		X							X
Frying oils				X	X	X					X
Inedible fats				X	X			X
Lard	X				X		X
Margarines					X	X	X				X
Meat products	X	X	X		X		X
Mineral oils		X							X	X
Nuts	X	X	X		X				X	X	X
Packaging materials	X	X	X						X	X
Pet foods				X	X			X
Potato chips				X	X	X
Poultry fat				X							X
Poultry products				X	X
Rice (brown, polish, & rice bran)	X	X	X
Rice (enriched)			X
Sausages	X	X			X		X
Shrimp (breaded)	X	X	X
Snack foods				X	X	X	X
Spices	X				X		X
Tallow	X				X		X
Vegetable oil				X	X	X					X
Vitamins	X	X	X						X
Waxes									X	X	X
Yeast		X							X