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calcium propionate

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noun

  1. a white, water-soluble powder, CaC 6 H 10 O 4 , used in bakery products to inhibit the growth of fungi.


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Common additives like sugar, salt, vinegar and alcohol have been used as preservatives for centuries, but modern-day food labels now reveal more unfamiliar ingredients such as sodium benzoate, calcium propionate, and potassium sorbate.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024

“Enriched” with enough calcium propionate preservative to give it the shelf life of a canned ham.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

Write the balanced equation for the formation of calcium propionate.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

MCD 0.21% is stripping artificial ingredients from more food to win over customers who, the burger chain believes, don’t want to eat things with names like calcium propionate and sodium benzoate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2018

The culprit in banned breads lies in high fructose corn syrup as well as the preservatives calcium peroxide and calcium propionate, which some have fingered as a cause of stomach ulcers and skin irritation.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2014

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