CAS No.: 24634-61-5; 590-00-1
Potassium Sorbate
Molecular formula: C6H7 KO2
Molecular weight: 150.2169 g/mol
HS Code: 2916190090
UN NO: N/A
CAS No: 24634-61-5; 590-00-1
Category: Food preservative
Properties: Potassium sorbate, white to light yellow scaly crystals, crystal particles or crystal powder, odorless or slightly smelly, long-term exposure to air is easy to absorb moisture, be decomposed by oxidation and discoloration. Soluble in water, soluble in propylene glycol and ethanol.
Potassium sorbate is an internationally recognized low-toxicity, high-efficiency acid-type preservative.
Application
1.Animal feed industry, feed mildew prevention agent.
2.Food production industry: potassium sorbate is widely used as food preservatives, flour products, pickles, canned, dried fruit categories, dairy products,
beverages and condiments, food containers and packaging materials of anti-mildew agent.
3.Cosmetics industry, preservatives for cosmetics.
4.Industrial production, cigarette, resin, spices and rubber industry preservatives.
Certificates:ISO9001, FSSC, HALAL, KOSHER
Specification
| Product name: | Potassium Sorbate |
| Product Category: | Food Additives |
| Cas No.: | 590-00-1,24634-61-5 |
| EINECS NO： | 246-376-1 |
| Formula: | C6H7KO2 |
| Structure Formula: | |
| M.W.： | 150.22 |
| Characters | White to off-white crystalline powder or granule, odorless or slight characteristic odor. It is easy to absorb moisture and oxidized to be colored. Melting point: 270¡æ(decomposition), Solubility(20¡æ,g/100mL): water 67.6; propanediol 5.8; ethanol 0.3; soluble in water. |
| Main Uses: | Preservative, stabilizers and antioxidants Potassium sorbate is a new, safe, nontoxic and effective food preservative. It is potassium-salt of unsaturated fatty acid. It can participate in normal metabolism and finally be oxidized to water and carbon dioxide, does not accumulate in the human body and has high safety. Its toxicity is only half of salt, 1/ 40 of sodium benzoate and has been recognized internationally as the best food additives. Potassium sorbate has been approved of using in worldwide and successfully used in the food industry in many ways. It has obvious inhibition of molds, yeasts and aerobic bacteria, whose effect on inhibit the growth of bacteria is stronger than the effect on destroy bacteria. It combines with sulfhydryl group in microbial enzyme system to destroy the role of enzymes, so that achieve the purposes of bacteriostasis and antisepsis. It also can prevent from the growth and breeding of botox, staphylococcus and salmonella and other harmful microorganisms. Under acidic conditions (pH value less than 5-6), the effect of bacteriostasis is better, and the food composition has no any impact of preservative effect, so it effectively extends the storage time of food and keep the original flavor of food. However, there is no effect on anaerobic bacteria Bacillus and Lactobacillus acidophilus and other beneficial micro-organisms. |