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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Tbhq in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Tbhq is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 15 products, most often body care.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 2 sourcesHow we check

What does Tbhq do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Tbhq stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, adds scent, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant, perfuming and masking.

antioxidantperfumingmasking

What other names and numbers does Tbhq have?

CAS number
1948-33-0
EC number
217-752-2
CosIng reference
60073

Which products contain Tbhq?

Open Beauty Facts finds Tbhq in the ingredient lists of 15 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care and hand creams.

  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: India 5 · Spain 2 · United States 2 · Argentina 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Tbhq turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsAntioxidants

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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