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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 760<br />

NAME: Ethyl-4-hydroxybenzoate<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Bakery products (cakes, crusts, pastries, toppings, fillings)/ Soft drinks/ Fish (marinated, smoked,<br />

jellied)/ Flavour extracts/ Fruit products/ Gelatin, jams, jellies, preserves/ Malt extracts/ Olives/ Pickles/<br />

Salad dressings/ Syrups/ Wines<br />

SYNONYMS: CAS 120-47-8/ EINECS 204-399-4/ E214/ Ethyl paraben/ 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid ethyl ester/<br />

Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate/ Carboxyphenol<br />

FORMULA: HOC6H4CO2C2H5<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 166.18<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Methyl, propyl, butyl and heptyl esters<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Ivory to white powder<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS 297–298<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 114–118<br />

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

in water: @ 10°C 0.07 @ 25°C 0.17 @ 80°C 0.86<br />

in vegetable oil: @ 25°C 3.0 (olive oil), 1.0 (peanut oil)<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 100% 70<br />

in propylene glycol: @ 20°C 25<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Antimicrobial preservative – especially effective against bacteria and fungi at around neutral pH<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Other parabens

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