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bht in dog food

How Sniff sees it

Synthetic preservative, sibling of BHA. Banned from human food in several countries over concerns about long-term safety. Used because it's cheap.

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Where bht sits in the Sniff System

bht is a flagged ingredient in the Sniff Controversial Ingredient Penalty list. Products that include it incur a methodology-specified penalty. The penalty is documented, versioned, and challengeable through the corrections process.

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