Food Safety Substance

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)E321

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) (E321) is a food additive with PUBLISHED in the EU, GRAS in the US, and data from 7 regulatory sources.

CAS 128-37-0 E321 antioxidant Indexable evidence set

FDA

GRAS

ADI / TDI

ADI 0.25 mg/kg bw/day

Codex

0 row(s)

SOURCE D1 identity resolution e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 7 matched regulatory source group(s)

Substance Identity

Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.

Substance name

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)

CAS

128-37-0

E-number

E321

Food category

antioxidant

PubChem CID

31404

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (13)

SOURCE EU Commission EU Food Additives | EU Food Additives Database

EU Food Additive Status

EU Commission food-additive listing rows from eu_food_additives.

Jurisdiction	E-number	Status	Type	Name	Note
European Union	E321	PUBLISHED	substanceFAD	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	-

SOURCE EU Commission EU Annex II Authorised | EU Food Additives Database

EU Annex II Authorised Uses

Authorised additive rows and use conditions from EU Annex II tables.

Jurisdiction	E-number	Name	INS	Policy item	Note
European Union	E321	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	-	POL-FAD-IMPORT-3094	-

Conditions and restrictions

Jurisdiction	Food category	Restriction	Comment	Source
European Union	2.1 fats and oils essentially free from water (excluding anhydrous milk fat)	ML 100 mg/kg	only fats and oils for the professional manufacture of heat treated foods; frying oil and frying fat (excluding olive an pomace oil) and lard, fish oil, beef, poultry and sheep fat	EU Food Additives Database
European Union	2.2.2 Other fat and oil emulsions including spreads as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and liquid emulsions	ML 100 mg/kg	only frying fat	EU Food Additives Database

SOURCE EU Commission EU Food Contact Materials

EU FCM Substances

EU food-contact material rows and migration-limit fields.

Jurisdiction	FCM no.	Ref no.	Substance	Use	SML	Regulation
European Union	315	46640	2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol	additive/PPA	3 mg/kg	Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, Annex I

SOURCE JECFA JECFA ADI

JECFA ADI Values

JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.

Jurisdiction	Chemical name	JECFA no.	CAS	ADI	ADI upper	Function	Evaluation year
JECFA	BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE	-	128-37-0	0-0.3 mg/kg bw	0.3	ANTIOXIDANT	1995

SOURCE ingredients ghs classifications

Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma

Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.

SOURCE Cross-vertical comparison ingredients | ghs classifications

Cross-Vertical Regulatory Divergence

This substance has different regulatory treatment across food, cosmetics, and industrial use.

CosmeticsBHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene)EU status: restricted Industrial / GHSDangerNITE-CMC

SOURCE FAQPage JSON-LD public food renderer rows

Frequently Asked Questions

Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.

What is Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) used for in food?

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) appears in food-use rows as: Antioxidant.

Is Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) / E321 safe?

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI 0.25 mg/kg bw/day. EU status evidence: PUBLISHED. US/FDA evidence: GRAS.

What is the ADI for Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)?

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI 0.25 mg/kg bw/day. Source: food_substances.

Is Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) also used in cosmetics?

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene), EU status restricted.