It is mainly used as a bactericidal preservative for organic synthetic food, cosmetics and medicine, and also as apreservative for feed.
It is a kind of milky white to yellowish brown powder, odorless and tasteless, easy to absorb moisture and agglomerate. It is a kind of non-ionic surfactant formed by the combination of sucrose and fatty acid. It is edible and harmless to human body.
It is internationally recognized as a broad - spectrum high - efficiency food preservative, and a certain amount of preservative is added to cosmetics to prevent microorganisms from spoilage of cosmetics.