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Natamycin (Pimaricin) is a kind of antifungal food preservative produced by Streptomyces Natalensis . It inhibits the growth of molds and yeasts. Commercial Natamycin products contain 50% natamycin. It will be able to avoid food spoilage caused by various molds and yeasts with a small dosage of natamycin. But it does not affect the growth of bacteria . In general 1-10mg/kg can kill various yeasts and molds in food.
It has been widely used in food industry such as cheese, juice, wine and meat processing.