• natamycin (Pimaricin) is a polyene macrolide antifungal agent produced by Streptomyces natalensis, Streptomyces chatanoogen and some other Streptomyces spp.
• It is the sole antifungal food bio-preservative approved in the world, which could inhibits the growth of moulds and yeasts broadly and high-effectively and is safe to human body.
• The use of Natamycin does not change the nutritional value, appearance, flavor and texture of foods.
• Until 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-mouldy food processing devices et al.
• The residue of natamycin is less than 10mg/kg