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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Effect of Sodium Benzoate on the Gut Microbiome Across Age Groups.

Johanna M S Lemons, Jenni Firrman, Karley K Mahalak, LinShu Liu, Adrienne B Narrowe, Stephanie Higgins, Ahmed M Moustafa, Aurélien Baudot, Stef Deyaert, Pieter Van den Abbeele

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Johanna M S LemonsUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5973-5808
Jenni FirrmanUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.
Karley K MahalakUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.
LinShu LiuUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3962-290X
Adrienne B NarroweUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2000-088X
Stephanie HigginsDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1337-934X
Ahmed M MoustafaDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9949-6936
Aurélien BaudotCryptobiotix, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 82, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0009-4872-6875
Stef DeyaertCryptobiotix, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 82, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0003-8295-1431
Pieter Van den AbbeeleCryptobiotix, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 82, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1399-6332

Funding

USDA In-House Project 8072-41000-108-00-D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The food additive sodium benzoate (SB) has been used for decades as an antimicrobial to prevent food spoilage. SB has been deemed to pose no risk to human health when consumed at levels under 5 mg/kg body weight per day; however, when many of the supporting studies were conducted, the importance of the gut microbiome to human health was not yet appreciated. Given SB's known antimicrobial qualities, it is important to assess the effect of this food additive on the human gut microbiome. The ex vivo SIFR

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antimicrobial agentbenzoatefood additivesfood preservativesgut microbiomesodium benzoate

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PMID40941064
PMCPMC12428287

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