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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Ingredients
- Natamycin
- Food Additive Number
- E 235, INS 235
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Molecular Structure
Features & Benefits
- Product Highlights
Solubility: The solubility of Natamycin is very low in water and a little higher in ethanol. Natamycin could dissolve in low concentration of HCI, glacial acetic acid and dimethylsulfoxide etc., but is insoluble in most organic solvents. The solubility of Natamycin in water is about 30-100mg/L at room temperature. It will increase when PH≥9 or ≤3， which will decrease the antifungal activity.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Applications & Uses
Now Natamycin has been approved as food preservative in more than 40 countries and applied widely in cheese, meat food, cakes, fruit juice/sauce/salad, salted products and other foods. In China, Natamycin was approved as food preservative in 1996 and could be used in cheese, meat food, Guangdong-flavor-moon cakes, cake surface, fruit juices and easily-moldy food processing devices etc. The residue of Natamycin should be less than 10mg/kg.
Natamycin is nontoxic to human bodies, and no any carcinogenesis or hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) was observed after its use. Natamycin could not be absorbed in mammalian alimentary canal. Peculiar resistance of molds and yeasts to Natamycin was not observed.
Properties
- Appearance
- Cream-colored to slightly yellow powder
- Molecular Formula
- C33H47N013
- Typical Properties
- Heavy Metals
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| pH Value | 5.0 - 7.5 | — | — |
| Content | min. 50 | % | — |
| Moisture | max. 6-9 | % | — |
| (AS, GT-3) | max. 1 | mg/kg | — |
| Count of Colony | max. 100 | cfu/g | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Lead Content | max. 0.002 | % | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Safety & Health
- Safety and Toxicity
Natamycin is nontoxic to human bodies, and no any carcinogenesis or hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) was observed after its use. Natamycin could not be absorbed in mammalian alimentary canal. Peculiar resistance of molds and yeasts to Natamycin was not observed.