Sodium Propionate

Sodium Propionate is white crystalline granule crystal powder; odourless or with little propionate smell; easily deliquescence, very easily soluble in water, soluble in ethanol, slightly soluble in acetone.
Sodium Propionate is used as preservative; mold and rope inhibitors. In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelate agent, nutrient additive, emulsifier, flavor for yoghurt. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used as anticoagulant and as preservative in syrup manufactured goods, buffer acidity acid in cold drink prevent acid in dairy products, used as binder in cheese and minced meat, acid coagulant in jellies and jam, emulsifier and stabilizer, in cheese and ice cream.
Molecular formula: CH3CH2COONa
Molecular weight: 96.07
Packing: Sodium Propionate is packed with polyethylene bag as liner and a compound plastic woven bag as the outer layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
Storage and transport: Kept in tightly-closed containers, it should be stored in a dry and ventilative Warehouse, kept away from moisture and hot, furthermore, it shuold be sctored separately from poisonous substances.

Index	BP93	FCC-IV
Appearance	colourless or white crystalline powder
Identification test	－	accord with the test
Content(Na3C6H5O7.2H2O)%	99.0-101.0	99.0-100.5
Sulphate, ≤%	0.015	－
Heavy metals(as Pb), ≤%	0.001	0.001
Oxalate, ≤%	0.03	－
Easily carbonized substanctes	accord with the test	－
Chloride, ≤%	0.005	－
Loss on drying,%	11.0-13.0	10.0-13.0

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