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sorbic acid

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.


sorbic acid

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. a white crystalline unsaturated carboxylic acid found in berries of the mountain ash and used to inhibit the growth of moulds and as an additive for certain synthetic coatings, as of cheese ( E200 ); 2,4-hexadienoic acid. It exists as cis- and trans- isomers, the latter being the one usually obtained. Formula: CH 3 CH:CHCH:CHCOOH
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sorbic acid

/ ôĭ /

  1. A white crystalline solid that is found in the berries of the rowan or prepared synthetically and is used as a food preservative and a fungicide. Chemical formula: C 6 H 8 O 2 .
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sorbic acid1

First recorded in 1805–15; sorb 1 + -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sorbic acid1

C19: from sorb (the tree), from its discovery in the berries of the mountain ash
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It also removed the preservative sorbic acid from the cheese, reducing the time it can remain on restaurant prep tables to four hours from seven.

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Subway plans to eliminate azodicarbonamide from its dough and Kraft Foods Group Inc has said it will remove the preservative sorbic acid from some individually wrapped cheese slices.

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Subway plans to eliminate azodicarbonamide from its dough and Kraft Foods has said it will remove the preservative sorbic acid from some individually wrapped cheese slices.

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And on Tuesday, Kraft said it was taking sorbic acid, an artificial preservative that had come under attack by consumers, out of some individually wrapped cheese slices.

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Kraft  that it’s ditching the artificial preservatives from its American Singles, replacing sorbic acid with natamycin, a “natural mold inhibitor.”

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