الوصف

1.Sorbic acid as a white needle crystal or powder, slightly soluble in water, soluble in various organic solvents. The FAO and WHO recommended safe and efficient preservative, widely used in food, beverages, tobacco, pesticides, cosmetics, agricultural, and other industries. As the unsaturated acid can also be used for resins, spices and rubber industry.
2.Application:Sorbic acid in the food industry as a preservative for wine, beverages, soy sauce, sauce products and pickles, aquatic products, meat and sausages and other food preservation.
3.Details

• • Item
  • Specification *-E**2/FCC / BP*8 USP*4
• • Name
  • Sorbic acid
• • Formula
  • C6H8O2
• • Melting point
  • **2 - **5 ℃
• • Appearance
  • White crystalline powder
• • Assay
  • *9.0 ℃ **1%
• • Loss on drying
  • 0.5% max
• • Residue on ignition
  • 0.2% max
• • Heavy metals(as Pb)
  • 0.**1% max
• • Arsenic
  • 0.***3% max