Usage sodium benzoate is chiefly employed in preserving fruits, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Meat, Fisht etc. It functions as further applicable to preserving fruit juice & fruit beverages. Sodium benzoate is effective preservation for jam, Jellies especially when packed in large wooden containers for shipment to bakeries or other large scale users. Often to preserve chocolate syrups 0. 050% of sodium benzoate along with 0. 050% of benzoic acid is used. Sodium benzoate powder or flakes remains unaffected by the nutrient value of goods & is entirely harmless to human begins. All available published information indicates that the existence of sodium benzoate by itself has no influence over the vitamin content of food. However all foods whether preserved with sodium benzoate or by some other preservation are subject to chemical changes unless they are packed to exclude air. Sodium benzoate is frequently mosquito repellent, Cattle feed etc, Utilized in paint industry.