Food additive in the category of preservatives. For industrial use it is obtained from chemical processes, being the potassium salt of sorbic acid E 200.
It is a good preservative, especially for mold and yeasts, not being efficient against bacteria. Optimal activity at pH lower than 6.5 (acidic and slightly acidic products).
Sorbates are also used in combination with benzoates in products such as non-alcoholic flavored beverages (soft drinks), low alcohol beverages, liquid tea concentrates (used in dispensers), some preserved fruit and vegetable products, jams, jelies with low sugar content, olives and olive-based products, fish products, curstaceans, shrimps, molluscs, emulsified and non-emulsified sauces, spices, mustard, prepared salads, desserts based on non-heat-treated dairy products, for liquid egg preservation, dietetic foods for special medical purposes, liquid food supplements and chewing gum.
Food additive with multiple functions. It is a natural product with anti-caking, thickening, emulsifying, glazing role and is a substance-support for other additives and sweeteners. Due to its high temperature stability, this sweetener is successfully used in heat-treated…
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Food additive with artificial sweetener role. Although it has an unpleasant metallic bitter aftertaste, saccharin has been used on a large scale, by both diabetics and the food industry, being 300-500 times sweeter than sugar. Being an intense,…
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Food additive with sweetening role, obtained by chemical processes from regular sugar, being 600 times sweeter than sugar, very stable at any pH and at high temperatures, as well as over time, thus allowing its use in a…
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Food additive with flavor enhancing and sweetening role. It is a natural product, obtained from the katemfe’s fruit seed husks of the Thaumatococcus daniellii shrub that grows in West Africa. As a sweetener, thaumatin is 2000 times sweeter…
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