Benzoic Acid

The Place of Benzoic Acid in Food Preservation

The Place of Benzoic Acid in Food Preservation

The Nigerian social media space have been awash in the last few weeks with speculations, innuendos, insinuations or otherwise of the toxicity and carcinogenicity of carbonated beverages in the Nigerian market especially those produced by Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC). While some claim it kills out rightly when taken with Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), others put it as definitive cause of cancer.