Product Description
| Appearance |
White granular or powder |
| Identification |
Conform Standard |
| Assay |
98.0-101.0% |
| Alkalinity (as K2CO3) |
≤1% |
| Acidity (as sorbic acid) |
≤1% |
| Aldehydes(as formaldehyde) |
≤0.1% |
| Lead(PB) |
≤2mg/kg |
| Mercury(HG) |
≤1 mg/kg |
| Heavy metals(Pb) % |
≤10 mg/kg |
| Arsenic %(as as) |
≤3 mg/kg |
| Loss on drying % |
≤1% |
Potassium sorbate as a food preservative belongs to the acidic preservative with the use of organic acid antiseptic reaction effect
Potassium sorbate has been widely used in food, beverage, pickles, tobacco, medicine, cosmetics, agricultural products, pet poultry feed and other industries
H. S. Code: 2916 1900 90
Appearance: White crystal powder or granular.
Specification: FCC IV
Package: 25 kg net in paper carton with plastic bag inner.
Application: Used as food additive of cream, salad, fruit, wine, candies.
Excellent Preservative Properties
Potassium Sorbate can restrain effectively the activity of mould, yeast and aerophile bacteria. Restrain growth and reproduction of the pernicious micro-organism as pseudomonas staphylococcus salmonella action to restrain growth is more powerful than killing. Meanwhile it can not restrain useful microorganism growth as anaerobic spore-bearing bacilli, cidophil therefore to lengthen food store period and remain food original flavor, the preservative efficiency of potassium sorbate is 5-10 times sodium benzoate.
High safety
Potassium sorbate is one kind of nonsaturated fatty acid compounds. It can be absorbed by human body rapidly, then decomposed into CO2 and H2O, moreover no remaining in body.
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