A Conversation for E-numbers: the classification of food additives
Sodium Benzoate
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Mar 4, 2006
Sodium benzoate (E211) is used as a preservative (antibiotic) in soft drinks. Recently manufacturers have been incorporating extra vitamin C into soft drinks as a selling point, and there is evidence that this can react with sodium benzoate to form benzene - a potent carcinogen.
See http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2065539,00.html
Sodium Benzoate
Pimms Posted Mar 5, 2006
Thanks Big Al. Good to get extra research to add to entry when it needs an update.
Pimms 
Sodium Benzoate in fizzy drinks 
Sodium Benzoate
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Mar 5, 2006
Pimms.
(As I've said elsewhere, I use h2g2 as a repository for info which I might want to recall/retrieve at some point. If it's useful to others, or if it might facilitate an update at sme point, so much the better. 
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