___ acid (food preservative)

• Acid used in food preservatives
• Acid used as a preservative
• ___ acid (preservative)
• Kind of fruit acid
• Acid derived from mountain ash berries
• Food preservative acid
• Fruit-derived acid

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1815, in sorbic acid , so called because it was first isolated from the berries of the mountain ash (see sorb ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb). 2 (context chemistry English) Of, or derived from sorbic acid.