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    Safety dosage of potassium sorbate in food

    • Last Update: 2017-04-05
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    Introduction: potassium sorbate is a kind of antiseptic additive As for the dosage of potassium sorbate in food, someone asked how much potassium sorbate is the safest in food? This article is about you Potassium sorbate is a kind of antiseptic additive Most of the food people eat in our life has potassium sorbate as an additive What is the safe dosage of potassium sorbate in the food The dosage of potassium sorbate used in different foods is different: (1) Meat, fish, egg and poultry products 0.075g/kg (2) Fruit and vegetable preservation, carbonated beverage 0.2g/kg (3) Collagen casings, low salt pickles, oysters, preserves, juice (flavor) drinks, jelly 0.5g/kg (4) Concentrated fruit juice in plastic barrel for food industry 2.0g/kg (5) Soy sauce, vinegar, jam, hydrogenated vegetable oil, soft sugar, dried fish products, instant bean food, pastry, filling, bread, cake, moon cake, instant jellyfish, lactobacillus drink 1.0g/kg (6) Fruit juice (fruit flavor) ice, milk beverage 0.5g/kg (7) Premix 0.2g/kg (8) Meat enema 1.5g/kg (9) Compound seasoning, seasoning syrup, liquid compound seasoning, instant dried bamboo shoots 1.0g/kg Potassium sorbate is white to light yellow flake crystal, crystal particle or crystal powder, odorless or slightly smelly It is easy to absorb moisture and be oxidized to decompose and change color after long-term exposure to the air Potassium sorbate is soluble in water, 67.6g/100ml (20 ℃); 5% salt water, 47.5g/100ml (room temperature); 25% sugar water, 51g / 100ml (room temperature) Soluble in propylene glycol, 5.8g/100ml; ethanol, 0.3g/100ml Ph7-8 of 1% potassium sorbate aqueous solution Potassium sorbate has a strong inhibitory effect on putrefactive bacteria and molds, and because its toxicity is far lower than other preservatives, it has become the most important preservative in the world It can give full play to the anti-corrosion effect in acid condition, and has very low effect in neutral condition Food additives have almost become an indispensable problem in the process of food production It's better to use the food safety monitor to test it after the completion of production Learning more about food additives can bring benefits to people's diet in the future Among them, what's the role of potassium sorbate? You can log into our Baibai safety net Check it out Editor in charge: he xianrob
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