Usually means: Preservative used in foods, cosmetics.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (sorbic acid)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative

Similar:
sorbate, sodium sorbate, sorbierite, sorbin, sorbitol, sorbital, hydrosorbic acid, syringic acid, calcium sorbate, sorbite, more...

Opposite:
unsorbic acid, ascorbic acid, non-sorbic acid

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Similar:
sorbate, sodium sorbate, sorbierite, sorbin, sorbitol, sorbital, hydrosorbic acid, syringic acid, calcium sorbate, sorbite, more...

Opposite:
unsorbic acid, ascorbic acid, non-sorbic acid



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