CFI Sodium Benzoate - Food Grade

Name: CFI Sodium Benzoate - Food Grade
Brand: Cape Food Ingredients
SKU: EN-C-9025
Price: 105.0 ZAR
Availability: InStock

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Sodium benzoate is an antifungal agent and is often used as a natural preservative in combination with potassium sorbate.

Sodium benzoate is the inactive salt of benzoic acid, and is activated with water to convert to benzoic acid

It is most effective at low pH levels around 3.

Size: 1kg.

This product is certified: Food Grade and Vegan.

Uses & benefits

Easy to use powder form
Halal and Kosher certified
Vegan
GMO free
Sodium benzoate is not a broad spectrum preservative on its own so should be combined with other preservatives for maximum efficacy,

Usage

0.5-3% dissolved in water.

Sodium benzoate can be used on its own but is often combined with potassium sorbate at 0.1-0.3%. Potassium sorbate is effective against molds and yeasts so together with sodium benzoate which is effective against fungi and slightly effective against bacteria, it can make a good preservative.

Adjust the pH as required with citric acid.

Ingredients

Sodium benzoate. Water soluble crystalline powder.

Product safety

Keep well sealed and store away from children, animals, moisture, sunlight and heat. If pregnant or breastfeeding, please consult with your medical care-giver before use.

Some people experience an allergy to sodium benzoate. We advise to do a skin patch test first.

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Preservative for my Herbal mixture

I combined this with potassium sorbate (food-grade) to preserve my African herbal mixture that I sell. As a test, I filled one 1-liter bottle with the unpreserved herbal concoction and another with the preserved herbal mixture. By the second day, I spotted fungi growing in the unpreserved herbal mixture, while only none appeared in the preserved one. It's the second week and haven't observed any growth of fungi. Additionally, these additives didn’t alter the aroma of the herbal blend, and it maintained its effectiveness.