SHEET /m/sorbic-acid · PubChem CID 643460 · CAS 110-44-1 · REV 2026.07
Sorbic acid
from sourceC6H8O2 · 112.13 g/mol
SA · Hexadienoic acid · Panosorb · Sorbistat
What is Sorbic acid?
First isolated from rowan berries, hence the name from Sorbus. It is one of the most-used mould inhibitors in cheese, wine, and baked goods. from source
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
C/C=C/C=C/C(=O)OThe dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Sorbic acid is 10,500 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
10,500 mg/kg · very low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
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