Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margarita was recently yanked from the shelves of Whole Foods markets for purportedly having a non-natural preservative thought to be sodium benzoate.

Sodium benzoate, a common food preservative, can form benzene, a carcinogen, when combined with vitamin C under heat and prolonged storage. This interaction poses a cumulative risk, particularly in ...

There’s no denying that the mere addition of ketchups, dips or sauces can instantly amp up the taste and experience of any meal or snack, but you will be amazed to know that these oh-so-tasty dips and ...

Two veteran food science and human nutrition experts at Iowa State University are worried about food safety eroding and food waste piling up because of millennials’ demands for “clean food.

The combination of intravenous sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate has been shown to lower plasma ammonium levels and improve survival in small cohorts of patients with historically lethal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sodium benzoate was ineffective for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, ...

My grocery store recently stopped selling an excellent margarita mix because its label states that it contains the preservative sodium benzoate. Sodium benzoate prevents food from molding and can be ...

Benzoates (sodium benzoate, potassium benzoate, calcium benzoate, magnesium benzoate, etc.) are salts of benzoic acid. As the most commonly used benzoate salts, sodium benzoate and potassium benzoate ...