Natamycin (pimaricin) is a polyene macrolide antifungal agent produced by Streptomyces natalesisi, Streptomyces chatanoogen and some other Streptomyces spp. It is the sole antifungal bio-preservative for food approved in the world, which could inhibits the growth of moulds and yeasts broadly. It is high-effectively and safe to human body. And it does not change the nutritional value, appearance, flavor and texture of foods. Now Natamycin has been approved as food preservative in more than 40 countries and applied widely in cheese, meat food, cakes, fruit juice/sauce/salad, salted products and other foods. In China, Natamycin was approved as food preservative in 1996 and could be used in cheese, meat food, Guangdong-flavor-moon cakes, cake surface, fruit juices and easily-mouldy food processing devices etc. The residue of Natamycin should be less than 10mg/kg.
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