Sodium benzoateis used in acidic
foods and drinks and products to control bacteria, mold, yeasts,
and other microbes as afood
additive. It interferes with their ability
to make energy. And used in medicine, tobacco,printing and
dyeing.
Sodium benzoate is
apreservative.
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 fireworks as a
fuel in whistle mix, a powder which emits a whistling noise when
compressed into a tube and ignited.
