sulfite

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nounChemistry.

a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
any sulfite-containing compound, especially one that is used in foods or drug products as a preservative and that can cause severe allergic reactions in susceptible individuals: use in fresh fruits and vegetables banned by the FDA in 1986.

Origin of sulfite

First recorded in1780–90; sulf(ur) + -ite¹

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It’s surprising that no one showed sulfite and iodide could team up to degrade PFAS before, McKay says.
Simple process destroys toxic and widespread ‘forever’ pollutants | Janet Raloff | July 14, 2022 | Science News For Students
Achieving higher levels of degradation required more time and additional sulfite to be poured in at spaced intervals.
Just 3 ingredients can quickly destroy widely used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ | Nikk Ogasa | June 3, 2022 | Science News
That means no filtering and minimal additional sugar or sulfites.
Gifts Any Foodie Will Drool Over | jversteegh | November 10, 2021 | Outside Online
Confusion persists over definitions, especially in the United States, where the government defines an organic wine as one without added sulfites.
Good organic wine just got a lot easier to find | Dave McIntyre | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post
When I first fell in love with the grape back in the 1980s, organic wines were few and far between and considered inherently faulty because of the lack of sulfites, a commonly used natural preservative that keeps wine from spoiling in bottle.
Good organic wine just got a lot easier to find | Dave McIntyre | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post

More than a mere trace of the precipitate proves that some sulfite was used to preserve the meat.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants | Edwin M. Bruce
In the most common process the reagent is calcium sulfite, made by passing sulfur fumes (SO2) into lime water.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
But the sulfite liquors of the paper mills are being worked up successfully into industrial alcohol.
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A combination of ground and sulfite wood makes the paper now used for news-print.
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