B. I. Mehta

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Sodium Benzoate is popularly used as food preservative in a number of acidic food products like salad dressings, cold drinks, jams, fruit juices and others. Test items Specifications Results Content%(as dry product C7H5NaO2) 99.0~100.5% 99.40% Loss on drying% 2.0% max 1.47% Acidity or alkalinity Confirm In conformity with the regulations Heavy metals%(Pb) 0.001% max 0.001% Halogenated%(FeCl3) 0.02% max 0.02% Total Cl content% 0.03% max 0.03% Transparency and color Confirm In conformity with the regulations · Sodium Benzoate is one of the ingredients in alcohol based mouthwashes. · Urticaria or nettle rash. · It is used for preparing silver polish. · It is used in firework to produce the whistling sound created at the time of ignition. · Sodium Benzoate is an ingredient in animal food, but only upto 0.1 per cent as, cats have lower tolerance against Benzoic acid. · It is used to prevent fermentation in wines.