Mechanism of Food Preservation
The mechanism starts with the absorption of benzoic acid into the cell. If the intracellular pH changes to 5 or lower, the anaerobic fermentation of glucose through phosphofructokinase is decreased by 95%, thereby inhibiting the growth and survival of micro-organisms that cause food spoilage.
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