Assertion: benzoic acid | /r/HasProperty | leading choice
Facets:
value: among these organic acids
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Among these organic acids, benzoic acid (BA) is a leading choice due to its long and successful history of use preserving foods, drugs and cosmetics.2 Affirmed as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), BA and its sodium salt, sodium benzoate (NaB), are perhaps the most globally acceptable preservatives that have managed to avoid the controversy associated with many of the industry