| abstract |
A granular potassium sorbate, for use as a food and drink preserving material, which is higher than powdery potassium sorbate in apparent specific gravity, is very easily soluble and is sufficiently hard as not to break in handling. A process for producing the above-mentioned granular potassium sorbate by properly wetting powdery potassium sorbate with water alone or with a mixture of water and an organic solvent, molding it with particular types of extruding granulators under proper conditions and drying it. |