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. And
used in medicine, tobacco,printing and dyeing.
■ Application
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 fire works as a fuel in whistle mix, a
powder which emits a whistling noise when compressed into a
tube and ignited.
