Sodium benzoate specifications
PRODUCT: |
Sodium benzoate |
E NUMBER: |
E211 |
GRADE: |
Food Grade |
FORMULA: |
C7H5O2-Na |
DESCRIPTIONS:
Sodium Benzoate is used in acidic foods and drinks and products to control bacteria, mold, yeasts, and other microbes as a food additive. It interferes with their ability to make energy. Sodium benzoate is a preservative. It is bacteriostatic and fungistatic under acidic conditions. It is used most prevalently in acidic foods such as salad dressings (vinegar), carbonated drinks (carbonic acid), jams and fruit juices (citric acid), pickles (vinegar), and condiments. It is also found in alcohol-based mouthwash and silver polish. It can also be found in cough syrups like Robitussin. Sodium benzoate is declared on a product label as sodium benzoate. It is also used in fireworks as a fuel in whistle mix, a powder which emits a whistling noise when compressed into a tube and ignited.
ITEM |
UNIT |
STANDARD |
Appearance |
– |
White crystalline powder or granular |
Content |
% |
Min 99.00 |
Loss on drying |
% |
1.50 |
The Acid & Alkalinity |
ml |
Max 0.2 |
Clarity of Solution |
– |
Clear & Colorless |
% |
Max 0.02 |
|
Chlorides |
% |
Max 0.02 |
Total Chlorine |
% |
Max 0.03 |
Heavy Metals, as Pb |
% |
Max 0.001 |
Phthalic acid |
– |
Meets the requirement |
Oxide |
– |
Meets the requirement |
Arsenic |
% |
Max 0.0003 |
Mercury |
% |
Max 0.0001 |
SPECIFICATION:
SHILF LIFE: 2 years
PACKAGE: 25KG/Woven or Kraft BAGS
STORGE: Shade, under seal, dry, ventilation, pollution-free, not in the open air, under 30 ?, relative humidity ? 75%. Cannot be stored with toxic, corrosive, volatile or stink items.