Sodium benzoate is used as a preservative in food products with an acidic pH, such as fruit pulp and purees, jams, pickles, pickled herring and mackerel, margarine, Olive's, beer, fruit yogurt, canned vegetables, and salad's.
It also used as a preservative in numbers of cosmetic products like cleaning wipes, haircare products, oral care products primarily as an anti-fungam ingredients. Works well with potassium sorbate in low pH products against mould and yeasts etc.
Available in large quantities.