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E202 (Potassium sorbate) — the food additive which belongs to the class of preservatives. It represents the potassium salt of the sorbic acid on its chemical composition. For the first time the sorbic acid was obtained from the mountain ash juice in 1859. In 1939 its antimicrobial action was discovered.
E202: Potassium sorbate / Sorbic acid potassium salt. t-2, 4-hexadienoic acid potassium salt; 2-propenylacrylic acid potassium salt. Origin: Potassium salt of sorbic acid (E200), which naturally occurs in the fruit of the European Mountain-ash ( Sorbus aucuparia ), after which the acid is named.
The EOGRTS has been performed following the conclusions and recommendations of the Scientic Opinion on the re-evaluation of sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate fi (E 202) and calcium sorbate (E 203) as food additives by the ANS Panel of the EFSA published in 2015 (EFSA ANS Panel, 2015). 1.1.
