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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 732<br />

NAME: Sorbic acid<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Beverages/ Bread, cake batters, cake fillings, cake toppings/ Cheese, cottage cheese/ Fish<br />

(smoked, salted)/ Fruit juices (fresh), fruit (dried)/ Margarine/ Pickled products/ Pie crusts, pie fillings/<br />

Salad dressings, salads (fresh)/ Sausage/ Seafood cocktails/ Syrups/ Wine<br />

SYNONYMS: Hexadienoic acid/ Sorbistat/ 2,4-Hexadienoic acid/ 2-Propenylacrylic acid/ E200/ CAS 110-44-1/<br />

22500-92-1/ EINECS 203-768-7/ Hexadienic acid/ (2-Butenylidene) acetic acid<br />

FORMULA: CH3-CH=CHCH=CH-COOH<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 112.13<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Sodium, potassium, calcium salts<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White or off-white powder, characteristic odour<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS at 760mmHg decomposes at 228°C, at 50mmHg = 143°C, at 10mmHg = 119°C<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 134.5 (range 132–135)<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: 127<br />

IONISATION CONSTANT AT 25°C: 1.73E -5<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.36<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/L:<br />

HEAT OF COMBUSTION AT 25°C IN J/kg: 27718kJ/kg<br />

VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS @ 20°C

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