Butylated hydroxyanisole also known as bha is an antioxidant primarily used as a preservative in food animal feed cosmetics rubber and petroleum products.
Bha free dog treats.
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Freeze dried treats are the most expensive averaging between 20 and 30 for a 10 ounce package.
The national toxicology program of the department of health and human services warns that bha is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen cancer causing agent 2.
Claims that milk bone and other dog treats contain cancer causing bha aren t new and they are haven t been proven true either.
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Bha butylated hydroxyanisole and bht butylated hydroxytoluene are preservatives that are widely used in the pet food industry.
Bha is a mixture of the isomers 3 tert butyl 4 hydroxyanisole and 2 tert butyl 4 hydroxyanisole.
Butylated hydroxyanisole bha and butylated hydroxytoluene bht bha is primarily used in preserving human and dog cat foods and is one of the most widely known dog food ingredients to avoid among dog owners and nutritional specialists.
Soft dog treats range anywhere from 3 to 10 for an eight ounce bag depending on the quality of the ingredients.
Though some dog food companies prefer a safer and natural preservative because the fda still claims bha is safe to ingest and use in dog foods it is often found as one of the last ingredients as an additive and preservative for dog food.
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Bha is on a short list of additives allowed in pet foods meant only for preserving the life of the food.
Some manufacturers use natural preservatives such as tocopherol and ascorbate which are antioxidents.
While allowed in the u s it has not been approved for use in dog foods in australia and the european union.
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Bha and bht in our food and treats.