Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate is the sodium salt of benzoic acid and exists in this form when dissolved in water. It can be produced by reacting sodium hydroxide with benzoic acid. 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 white, almost odourless, crystalline powder or granules. Freely soluble in water, sparingly soluble in ethanol. Application.: 1.Sodium benzoate mainly used in the food industry as food preservatives, such as used in soy sauce, vinegar, salt pickles, fruit juice, jam, fruit wine, canned food, soft drinks, syrup, beverages, tobacco etc. In the pharmaceutical industry, it used for the preparation of sedative drugs such as caffeine, and used in the pills syrup corrosion. 2. It is also used as anti-corrosion and anti-mildew for the rust-proof paper, latex paint, shoe polish, glue, fabric. 3. In addition, it can also be used as the mordant dye industry for dye industrial, and as the plasticizer for plastics industry, used as a as well as the spice of industrial raw materials. 4. It can be used in chemical reagent, used as a serum bilirubin test cosolvent. Application.: 1.Sodium benzoate mainly used in the food industry as food preservatives, such as used in soy sauce, vinegar, salt pickles, fruit juice, jam, fruit wine, canned food, soft drinks, syrup, beverages, tobacco etc. In the pharmaceutical industry, it used for the preparation of sedative drugs such as caffeine, and used in the pills syrup corrosion. 2. It is also used as anti-corrosion and anti-mildew for the rust-proof paper, latex paint, shoe polish, glue, fabric. 3. In addition, it can also be used as the mordant dye industry for dye industrial, and as the plasticizer for plastics industry, used as a as well as the spice of industrial raw materials. 4. It can be used in chemical reagent, used as a serum bilirubin test cosolvent.