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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 736<br />

NAME: Sodium sorbate<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: Sodium hexadienoate/ 2,4-Hexadienoic acid sodium salt/ Sorbic acid sodium salt/ 2-Propenylacrylic<br />

acid sodium salt/ E201/ CAS 7757-81-5/ Hexadienic acid/ (2-Butenylidene) acetic acid, sodium salt<br />

FORMULA: CH3CH=CHCH=CHCOOHNa<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 134.12<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Sorbic acid (potassium and calcium salts)<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White or fine crystalline powder, characteristic odour<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.36<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/L:<br />

PURITY %: >98<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 1.0<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3

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