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POTASSIUM SORBATE food grade

Type of posting Offer
Category Food Additives
City / Port Shijiazhuang, CN, China
Description POTASSIUM SORBATE
CAS No.: 24634-61-5
Molecular Formula: C6H7KO2
Molecular weight:150.22
Structure:CH3CH=CHCH=CHCOOK

Characteristic:
Potassium Sorbate can restrain effectively the activity of mould, yeast and aerophile bacteria. Restrain growth and reproduction of the pernicious micro oraganism as pseudomonas, staphylococcus salmonella action to restrain growth is more powerful than killing. Meanwhile, it can not restrain useful microoraganim growth as Anaerobic spore-bearing bacilli, acidophil therefore to lengthen food store period and preserve food original flavor. The preservative efficiency of Potassium Sorbate is 5-10 times sodium benzoate.
Specification:

Item

Standard

Appearance

White crystals powder or granular

Identificaiton

Conform

Assay

99.0-101.0%

Acidity(as sorbic acid)

Pass test (1%max)

Alkalinity(as K2CO3)

Pass test (1%max)

Aldehyde(as formaldehyde)

0.1%max

Heavy metals (Pb):

10ppm max

Lead(Pb)

5ppm max

Hg

1ppm max

Loss on drying

1.0% max

As

3ppm max

Residue on ignition

Pass

Package: 25kg carton

Application:

It is mainly used as antiseptic and antistaling agent for food etc.
Date 2013 Dec 26, 15:12