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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 744<br />

NAME: Calcium 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: Calcium hexadienoate/ 2,4-Hexadienoic acid calcium salt/ Sorbic acid calcium salt/ 2-Propenylacrylic<br />

acid calcium salt/ E203/ Hexadienic acid, calcium salt/ (2-Butenylidene) acetic acid, calcium salt/<br />

CAS 7492-55-9<br />

FORMULA: (CH3CH=CHCH=CHCOO)2Ca<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 262.32<br />

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

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

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS Decomposes >400°C<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: Decomposes >400°C<br />

PURITY %: >98 (anhydrous basis)<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 1.0<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10 (as Pb)<br />

ppm:

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