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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 768<br />

NAME: Methyl para-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: Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate/ 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, methyl ester/ Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate/ E218/<br />

FEMA 2710/ CAS 99-76-3/ EINEC 202-785-7<br />

FORMULA: C6H4(OH)CO2 CH3<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 152.14<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Sodium salt and ethyl, propyl and heptyl parabens and their sodium salts<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Colourless crystals or white crystalline powder, odourless or faint charcoal odour, slight burning taste<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS 270–280 (decomposes)<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 131<br />

PURITY %: >99<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 0.5<br />

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

ppm:<br />

ASH MAXIMUM IN %: 0.05

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