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What Is The Development Trend Of Potassium Sorbate

Jan 02,2024

What Is The Development Trend Of Potassium Sorbate

Potassium sorbate can inhibit microorganisms and achieve the purpose of antibacterial and anti-corrosion. So what is the development trend of potassium sorbate? I believe this is what many friends who make food additives want to know, so today I have summarized and analyzed it for everyone. I hope that after reading it, everyone can have a better understanding.

Potassium sorbate is currently recognized as a new type of preservative. In addition to being widely used for the preservation of beverages, seasonings, meat products, canned goods, and dried fruits, it can also be used for the preservation of drugs, cosmetics, fabrics, pulp, etc. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recommends potassium sorbate as an efficient and safe food preservative, which has been widely used in many countries such as the United States and Japan. China's exported food and high-end food have also been used. From the perspective of development trends, potassium sorbate has broad prospects.

In recent years, with the continuous increase in international and domestic market demand, the production capacity of sorbic acid and potassium sorbate in China has rapidly increased. Some international multinational corporations have actively introduced funds to invest and build factories in China, which not only solves the financial problem for industry development, but also introduces production technology and new varieties of food additives, improves industry management level, and adds momentum for further development of the industry.

From a recent survey report, it can be seen that people attach increasing importance to health, while potassium sorbate has a toxicity of only 1/2 that of table salt and 1/40 that of sodium benzoate. It is colorless, odorless, odorless, has a high safety factor, and is harmless to the human body, which is in line with people's demand for "green" and "natural" development. As a populous country, our country has also become a major producer and consumer of sodium benzoate, with potassium sorbate accounting for 40% of world consumption. Moreover, due to its particularly low operating costs, potassium sorbate is one of the commonly used preservatives abroad. As a low toxicity food additive, with breakthroughs in production technology and cost, it has become a trend to replace sodium benzoate in China.

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