Food Grade Potassium Sorbate

Potassium Sorbate

Product Overview

Potassium sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid, an acid-type preservative that inhibits the growth of yeast, mold, and select bacterial strains. It is supplied as a crystalline solid for formulation use across food, feed, and personal care sectors.

Physical & Chemical Properties

The product appears as colorless or white scaly crystals or crystalline powder, with no odor or a slight characteristic odor. It is hygroscopic. Prolonged exposure to air and direct light may cause oxidation and gradual discoloration. Solubility: Freely soluble in water, soluble in ethanol.

Applications

Food & Beverage: Used as a preservative in baked goods, dairy products, fruit juices, carbonated drinks, pickled vegetables, and processed meat products. Optimal efficacy occurs in formulations with pH below 6.5.

Fruit & Vegetable Preservation: Applied in post-harvest dipping and fresh-keeping processing to extend shelf life of whole and cut produce.

Cosmetics & Personal Care: Incorporated into lotions, creams, shampoos, and rinse-off formulations as part of a preservative system.

Animal Feed: Added to compound feed and premix products to control microbial spoilage during storage and transport.

Packaging & Handling

Standard packaging uses a food-grade polyethylene inner liner and a composite plastic woven outer bag, with a net weight of 25kg per unit. Custom packaging sizes and formats are available upon request. For storage and transport:

Store in a dry, ventilated warehouse environment.

Shield from direct heat sources, sunlight, and moisture during transit.

Handle with care during loading and unloading to prevent package damage and product contamination.

Store separately from toxic and hazardous materials.

Quality & Compliance

All production batches undergo full in-house laboratory testing for purity, impurity levels, and microbial counts. A Certificate of Analysis (COA) is provided with every shipment, with batch traceability from raw material input to finished product dispatch. The product meets FCC Food Chemicals Codex standards, conforms to EU food additive regulations under E number E202, and qualifies for FDA GRAS status for its intended food use categories. Production facilities operate under ISO 9001 quality management and HACCP food safety management systems.