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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 752<br />

NAME: Sodium benzoate<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Beverages/ Margarine/ Bakery products/ Fish products/ Fruit juice, fruit pulp/ Jam/ Liquid egg, whole<br />

egg, egg yolk/ Mayonnaise, mustard, pickles, sauces, ketchup/ Sausage<br />

SYNONYMS: Benzoic acid, sodium salt/ CAS 532-32-1/ EINECS 208-534-8/ E211/ Benzoate of soda/<br />

Benzoate sodium<br />

FORMULA: C6 H5 COONa<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 144.11<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Other salts/ Benzoic acid<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White granular or crystalline powder, odourless, sweetish astringent taste<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.44<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/L:<br />

PURITY %: >99 (anhydrous basis)<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 1.5<br />

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

ppm:<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 0°C 62.8 @ 20°C 66.0 @ 100°C 74.2<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 90% 2.0 @ 100% 1.33<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Preservative, antimocrobial agent, flavouring agent, adjuvant; antimycotic migrating from food<br />

packaging

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