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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 740<br />

NAME: Potassium 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: Potassium hexadienoate/ 2,4-Hexadienoic acid potassium salt/ Sorbic acid potassium salt/<br />

2-Propenylacrylic acid potassium salt/ E202/ CAS 590-00-1/ 24634-61-5/ 246-376-1/<br />

EINECS 203-768-7/ Hexadienic acid, potassium salt/ (2-Butenylidene) acetic acid, potassium salt<br />

FORMULA: CH3CH=CHCH=CHCOOH<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 150.22<br />

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

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

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS Decomposes above 270°C<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: Decomposes above 270°C<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.36<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/L:

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