sulfite the sodium o phenylphenate compositions of the invention include about 0 1 to about 5 weight percent of an oxygen scavenger preferably the oxygen scavenger is present in the composition at a concentration of about 0 5 to about 1 0 weight percent all compositions discussed herein are described in terms of weight percent based upon the total weight of the composition the term u201c free radical scavenger u201d refers to compounds that can absorb neutralize or otherwise remove free radicals from the compositions of the invention a free radical scavenger can remove free radicals that would otherwise participate in degradation reactions free radicals can be generated via thermal or light induction a number of free radical scavengers are known to those of skill in the art useful free radical scavengers are hydroxylamines for example a preferred free radical scavenger is n n diethylhydroxylamnine the compositions of the invention contain about 0 1 to about 2 weight percent of a free radical scavenger the compositions of the invention may also include a solubilizer that can function to solubilize non water soluble sodium o phenylphenoate degradation products solubilizing the degradation products helps to prevent components from separating thereby reducing visible haze examples of useful solubilizers include alkylene diols such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol solubilizers can be present at a concentration as high as 40 weight percent preferably the compositions of the invention contain about 5 to about 10 weight percent of a solubilizer another optional component is a.