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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 814<br />

NAME: Heptyl paraben<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Antioxidant/ Preservative/ Antimicrobial agent for beer, fermented malt beverages/ Non-carbonated soft<br />

drinks and fruit drinks<br />

SYNONYMS: n-Heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate/ CAS 1085-12-7<br />

FORMULA: C14H20O3<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 236.31<br />

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

taste<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 48–51<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<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C 1.5<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 100% Readily soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Antioxidant, preservative; antimicrobial agent for beer, fermented malt beverages, non-carbonated soft<br />

drinks and fruit drinks. Especially effective against bacteria and fungi at around neutral pH

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