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Sodium benzoate
is a preservative. It is bacteriostatic
and fungistatic under acidic conditions.
It is used most prevalently in acidic foods such as salad dressings (vinegar), carbonated drinks (carbonic acid), jams and fruit juices (citric acid), pickles (vinegar), and condiments. It is also found in alcohol-based mouthwash and silver polish