Ingredient
Polyphenols
Also known as Plant polyphenols, Rosemary extract, Natural antioxidants
Plant antioxidant compounds, such as rosemary extract, used as natural brakes on rancidity.
Polyphenols are antioxidant compounds from plants, and they have become the natural answer to rancidity as makers move away from synthetic antioxidants. Rosemary extract is the best known in meat, with green tea and other plant extracts also used. They scavenge the free radicals that drive fat oxidation, and because they come from herbs and spices they sit comfortably in a clean-label product, though they can carry a little of their own flavour.