Potassium sorbate and its application

Currently, the food industry uses a lot of various additives that improve the taste of products, and are designed to reduce costs and simplify the production process. Naturally, such a significant sphere for the human being as the food industry should carefully approach the issue of introducing any additives and products.

Recently, people have started to discuss more actively all kinds of supplements and the effect of using GMOs in food. Almost all the additives that are used in food have been affected. In particular, this applies to the additives of group E, which includes potassium sorbate.

The problem is that in the world food market, as in the markets of individual countries, there is a need to simplify the production of products. This is due to the fact that products must be delivered over long distances, while their quality must be maintained. One possible solution to the problem is the use of a variety of preserving agents that are designed to increase the shelf life without loss of quality.

Among the elements used is a salt sorbic acid, or simply sorbate of potassium. It has been used for a long time in the world food industry. Sorbic acid, from which this ingredient is obtained, has for a long time been subjected to thorough research. As a result, strong antibacterial properties of this acid were found. In the second half of the 20 th century, it began to receive food additives.

Features of preservative Е202

The main advantage is that this substance can be extracted from plants. This speaks in favor of using this preservative and confirms that potassium sorbate is safe for the human body.

Preservative E202 does not destroy microbes and other microorganisms, it simply stops their vital activity, but at the same time leaves useful bacteria that are necessary for humans.

Preservative E202 slows down the vital activity of harmful microorganisms, but at the same time leaves useful bacteria that are contained in the human body and are responsible for the natural metabolism. In the absence of them, natural biorhythms are violated, dysbacteriosis begins to develop, which eventually leads to violation of other functions of the body.

In the world practice, the E202 preservative has been known for a long time. For a long time, numerous independent studies were conducted, on the basis of which it was possible to establish the main properties of the substance and the possibilities that potassium sorbate possesses. It is absolutely safe for humans, so it can be used freely in the food industry without jeopardizing people's health. After it, there are no harmful substances or foreign compounds in the human body, as it naturally dissolves into carbon dioxide and water.

Although there are periodic publications and scientific articles that potassium sorbate is harmful to humans. They are associated with general considerations about the advisability of using dietary supplements, and, as a rule, have nothing concrete against potassium sorbate. In fact, every single additive should be independently tested, because they have too different properties, so that you can talk about them in a single study.

As for possible harm to E202, first of all it is an allergic reaction. In some people, the preservative potassium sorbate can cause irritation on the skin. However, in the rest it is absolutely safe, for 50 years of use of this preservative, no cases of mutations or carcinogenic effects have been recorded. Even the main critics of food additives admit that sorbic acid and preservative under number E202 receives the highest safety rating.