Isobutane

(in 1,846 products)

Banned by Gov or classified as a carcinogen by IARC

1. Packaging Gas / Propellants - Packaging gas used as protection and inhibition of unwanted chemical reactions. Propellants used as a carrier gas to deliver other ingredients

Isobutane is a colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor. It is shipped as a liquefied gas under its vapor pressure.

Isobutane is used as a refrigerant. As a food additive (E943B), isobutane is used as a propellant in aerosol spray cans for vegetable oil-based aerosol cooking sprays and water-based emulsion cooking sprays. it is used as a propellant and aerating agent in foamed or sprayed food products. It is also used as part of blended fuels, especially common in fuel canisters used for camping.

It is approved to use as food additive in EU.

Isobutane is only banned if it contains >0.1% w/w of 1,3-butadiene.

1. PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6360

1. EU CosIng Annex II, SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS [2017]

- Ref: II/464

2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations Annex II, Prohibited

- Isobutane, if it contains ≥ 0.1 % w/w Butadiene

3. CANADA INGREDIENT HOTLIST, List of Ingredients that are Restricted for Use in Cosmetic Products [2019]

- Isobutane

4. EU Approved Food Additive [2018]

- E943b

5. Canada List of Permitted Food Additives

- List 8 - Isobutane

6. US FDA Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) Food Substances (21 CFR 184) [2017]

- § 184.1165 - n-Butane and iso-butane