Abstract:
PURPOSE: A natural food preservative is provided to minimize the generation of problems caused by the toxicity and irritation effect of a chlorine based chemical preservative. CONSTITUTION: A natural food preservative contains 1-2 parts of paeonia lactiflora extract by weight, 1-2 parts of cinnamomum loureirii extract by weight, and 3-8 parts of rhus japonica extract by weight. The extracts are obtained by the following steps: heat-extracting paeonia lactiflora, cinnamomum loureirii, and rhus japonica extract at 50-90 deg C for 30-200 minutes after mixing with solvents, separately; decompress-concentrating each extract at 20-80 deg C for 60-200 minutes; and freeze-drying the obtained concentrate.