Calcium sorbate
Unknown Risk
Alternate Names:
- 2-propenylacrylic acid calcium salt
- 4-hexadienoic acid calcium salt
- sorbic acid calcium salt
Info from food-info.net:
- Description:
- Function:
- Sorbic acid is a preservative, mainly against fungi and yeasts. It is not effective against bacteria. Optimal activity is at pH values below 6.5 (acid and slightly acid foods). Calcium sorbate is used mainly in dairy products; its activity is similar to that of sorbic acid.
- Origin:
- Calcium salt of sorbic acid (E200), which naturally occurs in the fruit of the European Mountain-ash (Sorbus aucuparia), after which the acid is named. It is commercially produced by several different chemical pathways.
- Side effects:
- No side effects in the concentrations used. Only a very small percentage of people show slight pseudo-allergic reactions.
Dietary restrictions:- None - sorbates can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.
Acceptable daily intake:- Up to 25 mg/kg body weight.
Status:- Unknown
Info from proe.info:
- Description:
- Benefits:
- Unknown
- General:
- Unknown
- Harm:
- Unknown
- Legal:
- Unknown
- Use:
- Unknown
- Links:
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Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
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- Description:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- no information
Status:- Approved in the EU.
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