Food Additives

Description:colorless acicular crystal or white crystal powder. Tasteless, slight special smell. Melting point:132~135℃; Boiling point:228℃(resolve); Flash point: 127℃.Difficultly soluble in water(0.16g/100ml，20℃),soluble in alcohol(1g/10ml),in diethyl ether(1g/10ml),in anhydrous alcohol(12.9g/100ml),in peanut oil(0.9g/100ml),in glycerin(0.3g/100ml)and in acetic acid(11.5g/100ml)。Specification:
Item Specification
Appearance Colorless needles or as a white to off-white, free-flowing powder
Solubility It is slightly soluble in water. One g dissolves in about 10 mL of ethanol and in about 20mL of ether.
Identification Positive
Assay 99.0%-101.0%
Melting Point 132.0-135.0 °C
Residue on ignition NMT 0.2%
Water NMT 0.5%
Arsenic NMT 3 mg/kg
Heavy metals (as Pb) NMT 10 mg/kg
Lead NMT 2 mg/kg
Mercury (Hg) NMT 1 mg/kg
Usage:the product mainly used for food,tobacco,medicine,feed and cosmetics, is regarded as low toxicity, highly efficiency food preservative internationally. It can remarkably inhibit putrefactive bacterial, molds, yeast and aerobic bacterial.