One tenth of one percent...
0.01% sounds like a small amount. It's the amount of Sodium Benzoate found in many canned drinks. According to Drugs dot com, "Sodium Benzoate is an antimicrobial preservative and flavoring agent used in the food industry and a tablet and capsule lubricant used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry."Flavoring agent? Those drinks always have an aftertaste. Who are they trying deceive?
According to chatillion... "That must be the chemical taste found in Pepsi products like Mountain Dew and Lipton Tea." Seriously, I try my best to avoid products with Sodium Benzoate.
That must be a cousin to Sulfur Dioxide, a preservative sulfite on dried fruits that is known to cause serious health problems, including breathing problems, life-threatening allergy-like symptoms or, in rare cases, death.
When shopping for dried fruits, if Sulfur Dioxide is in the list of ingredients, the package goes back on the shelf.
Thanks, but no thanks!
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Sodium Benzoate is the sodium salt of benzene, which is a known carcinogen.
So, there's reason to avoid it, besides the aftertaste.
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