: a salt or ester of sorbic acid compare potassium sorbate
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Six preservatives — sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate, sorbates, potassium metabisulfite, acetates and acetic acid — were linked to up to a 32% higher risk of prostate cancer, breast cancer and cancer of all kinds.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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“Sorbate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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