Potassium sorbate can effectively inhibit the activity of mold, yeast and aerobic bacteria, so as to effectively prolong the preservation time of food and maintain the original flavor of food. It is an acidic preservative.
Potassium sorbate has been widely used in food, beverage, pickles, tobacco, medicine, cosmetics, agricultural products, feed and other industries, from the development trend, its application scope is still expanding.
Sorbic acid (potassium) is an acidic preservative, which still has a good preservative effect in foods that are close to neutral (PH6.0-- 6.5), while the preservative effect of benzoic acid (sodium) has significantly decreased when PH>4, and has bad taste.








