Food Ingredient Benzoic Acid Tech Grade, Food Grade, Pharma Grade Flake & Powder
Benzoic acid is white flake or powder, has industrial grade and food grade. it's a bit of benzoic or benzyl aldehyde flavour. which begins to sublimate at 100ºC, is hard to dissolve in water but dissolvable in boiling water, alcohol, chloroform and ether, and steady in the air.
Usage:
[1] used as antiseptic and antimicroorganism in medical and food industries;
[2] it is used as plasticizer in organic chemical industries.
[3] Mainly used as a food preservative,1g/kg used in soy sauce, vinegar, fruit juice, jam, fruit syrup, can; 0.8g/kg used in grape wine, fruit wine and soft agarose; 0.4g/kg used in fruit soda water; 0.5g/kg used in low-salt paste, flour paste, candied fruit, haw jelly cake and fruit syrup; 2g/kg used in condensed fruit juice.
Benzoic acid use: Benzoic acid is a scaly or acicular crystal with the odor of benzene or formaldehyde.Use: 1. Perfume and food preservative.2. Usually used as a deodorant or preservative.3. Benzoic acid is an acid food preservative.Benzoic acid is an important acid food preservative.Under acidic conditions, it can inhibit mold, yeast and bacteria, but it has weak effect on acid-producing bacteria.Generally lower than pH 4.5~5.0 is appropriate.Since benzoic acid is slightly soluble in water, a small amount of ethanol can be used to dissolve it.
Chinese alias: benzoic acid
English name: Benzoic acid
English aliases: Carboxybenzene;Phenylformic acid
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