H06 : Keeping It Fresh: A Natural Alternative for Synthetic Food Preservatives


Students Gabrielle Buckley
Anita Chander
School IND - King's Christian Collegiate - Oakville
Level Senior 11/12 - Grade 11
Group Group 5 - Life Sciences
Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to prepare a natural preservative by combining Forsythia extract, B-Propolis, Diatomaceous Earth and NCCA, and test the effectiveness against the decay of food by comparing the natural preservative to an artificial one, sodium benzoate.