Best Diacetyl-Free E-Juices 2024
E-juice brands with great-tasting diacetyl free e-liquids made with the best possible ingredients.
Is diacetyl-free the safest e-liquid to vape?
Why vape diacetyl-free e-juice?
DA is safe to consume in foods, but it poses risks for inhalation. The popcorn factory workers were repeatedly exposed to industrial-sized vats of the chemical mixed with hot oil, which is far from the trace amounts found in any e-juice. But even if the risks are minor in comparison, many vapers want to avoid it.
Why aren't all e-juices diacetyl-free?
As it turns out, the likelihood that any e-juice maker was (is) directly using DA as an ingredient is slim to none. It resides in some of the flavorings used to make the e-juice. In the earlier days of vaping, little was known about this fact. E-liquid manufacturers knew they weren't adding some flavoring called diacetyl, but what they didn't know was that it was hiding in plain sight. The only way now to be certain if an e-juice is DA-free is by having it independently tested by a third-party source like Enthalpy Labs. Many companies like the ones listed on this page in fact have these test results.
But not all vapers are concerned. For one, DA and its related chemicals called diketones add a rich flavor to e-juice that many vapers enjoy. Secondly, because DA is also one of the thousands of chemicals in cigarettes, and at levels 100 times higher (or more) than in e-juice, some vapers are willing to take the risk. If you were or are a smoker, you've already inhaled it – and a lot of it! Many vapers view the risks of DA in vaping as reduced harm since its content in cigarettes is so much more extreme.
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