Antioxidant
What the research shows
Not enough
published research on this page yet
Covers the group as a whole. Each one has its own page.
What research says
How it’s made and used
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Packaged food exposure3
Antioxidants like BHT were found in packaged foods, and eating them was a bigger source than touching the packaging.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 8,137 products on Open Food Facts that list antioxidant.
- cruesly mélange de noix Quaker · 450 g 1 additive
- Mayonnaise recette originale Star · 280 ml 17 dh 5 additives
- Shot de gingembre bio Solevita · 1 ml 1 additive
- Nature aux Amandes - Végétal soja & amande Alpro · 0.5 kg 5 additives
- Protein Nut Bar Fruit & Chocolate Nature Valley · 160 g 4 additives
- margarine la prairie 225g la Prairie · 250 g 3 additives
References
- 1Antioxidant: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Antioxidant. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Ji X, Liu J, Liang J, et al. The hidden diet: Synthetic antioxidants in packaged food and their impact on human exposure and health. Environ Int. 2024;186:108613. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108613