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Character
Colorless transparent crystals, particles, or white crystalline powders. No odor or slightly propionic acid odor. Easy to deliquescence, highly soluble in water, soluble in ethanol, slightly soluble in acetone.

Application
In the food industry, it is used as a leavening agent, dough regulator, buffer, tissue improver, curing agent, nutritional supplement, chelating agent, etc.

As a leavening agent for baked goods and pastries; Yeast promoter, buffer, pectin curing agent (gel effect) for bread and biscuit; Yeast ingredients, tissue improvers for meat products, etc.

Sodium propionate is used as a food preservative and mold inhibitor, and can be used alone or in combination with propionic acid and sorbic acid. Because it is alkaline, it is more suitable for pastry making than calcium propionate. Propionate salts are of great significance for the preservation of baked foods such as bread, pastries, and biscuits, because the ionization constant of propionic acid is small, so it still has good effects under alkaline conditions.

Used for brewing, it can increase saccharification power and improve beer fermentation ability; Used as a printing agent or feed additive for viscous substances.