O le Sorbic acid ma le potassium sorbate o mea fa?asao sili ona fa?aaogaina i le lalolagi, fa?atasi ai ma mea fa?ama?i maualuga, fa?alavelaveina le tuputupu a?e ma le toe gaosia o le limu. E ala i le taofiofia o le faiga o le dehydrogenase i microorganisms, e mafai ona latou taofia le tuputupu a?e o microorganisms ma ta?alo se sao fa?asao, fa?alavelave fa?afefe, fefete ma le tele o siama aerobic, ae toetoe lava a le aoga i siama sporoforming anaerobic ma acidophilus. Fa'aaoga lautele i sisi, yogurt ma isi oloa sisi, falaoa ma mea'ai mea'ai, meainu, sua, siamu, piko ma oloa i'a ma isi mea'ai fa'asao. Ole aofa'i ole fuala'au fa'ato'ato'a ma sua fuala'au i totonu o pusa palasitika e le tatau ona sili atu ile 2g/kg; I le soya soya, vineka, siamu, suau'u suau'u hydrogenated, lole malu, oloa i'a mamago, oloa soya vave, fa'atumu keke, falaoa, keke, keke masina, le maualuga o le fa'aoga o le 1.0g/kg; Ole maualuga ole fa'aoga ile uaina ma le uaina fua ole 0.8g/kg; I totonu o pusa collagen, piko masima maualalo, sosi, fa?asao, sua suamalie (tofo) meainu ma jellies, o le maualuga o le fa?aaogaina o le 0.5g / kg; Ole maualuga ole fa'aoga ole 0.2g/kg ile fuala'au 'aina ma fualaau faisua fou-tausia ma meainu carbonated; I totonu o mea?ai, e mafai ona fa?aaogaina i aano o manufasi, i?a, fuamoa, oloa moa ma le maualuga o le fa?aaogaina o le 0.075g/kg.