Question

Common food preservative is

(a) sodium benzoate

(b), sodium metabisulphate

(c) mercuric chloride

(d) Both (a) and (b)​

Answer 1

a) sodium benzoate is Common food preservative.

Answer 2

Question :―

Choose common food preservative.

Answer :–

Sodium benzoate and Sodium metabisulphate.

What are Preservatives?

A preservative is a substance or a chemical that is added to products such as food products, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, paints, biological samples, cosmetics, wood, and many other products to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes.