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Sodium Sorbate

What is Sodium Sorbate?

Sodium sorbate is the sodium salt of sorbic acid. [1]

How is Sodium Sorbate Used in Foods?

Sodium Sorbate is used as a food additive with the E-number E201.

Sodium Sorbate Trivia

Unlike other sorbic acid salts such as potassium sorbate (E202) and calcium sorbate (E203), the use of sodium sorbate as a food additive is not allowed in the EU due to potential genotoxic effects.[1]



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Products containing Sodium Sorbate


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Sodium Sorbate".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

Source(s) Derived From

 Chemical (Synthetic) Sources

Natural or Artificial?

 Artificial & Possibly Unsafe

References

  1. Sodium sorbate - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)

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Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchJuly 3, 2018 @ 8:03 PM

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