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Mixed Tocopherols

Mixed tocopherols are a vitamin E–family antioxidant concentrate distilled from vegetable oil deodoriser distillate—typically soy, sunflower, or rapeseed—standardised for alpha, beta, gamma, and delta homologues. High-gamma and high-delta mixes excel at protecting fats, nuts, meat, and extruded snacks from rancidity because those isomers often outperform pure alpha-tocopherol as chain-breaking antioxidants in food lipids. Sold as viscous amber-brown oils or oil-on-carrier powders. Good mixed tocopherols smell mild and cereal-oily, not burnt or solvent-like, and disperse in fat phases at low hundreds of parts per million. They do not replace oxygen barriers or cold storage; they slow free-radical oxidation once residual oxygen and heat stress remain. Label as mixed tocopherols or E306 as rules require; fortification claims may need separate alpha-tocopherol accounting. Store cool, dark, and tightly closed under inert gas when bulk.

Also known as: E306, Mixed tocopherols, Tocopherol-rich extract, Konkō tokofeoru, Hunhe shengsu E, Tocoferóis mistos