English-Danish translations for preservative

• konserveringsmiddel
  Merthiolat, som indeholder kviksølv, anvendes som konserveringsmiddel i visse lægemidler, herunder i vacciner. Merthiolate, which contains mercury, is used as a preservative in some medicines, including in vaccines.
  Hvis en forbruger køber friske gulerødder, må vedkommende kunne gå ud fra, at disse er ubehandlede og uforarbejdede, og vedkommende forventer ikke, at de er dyppet i et konserveringsmiddel. If consumers buy fresh carrots, they must be able to assume that these are untreated and not processed and they do not expect them to be dipped in a preservative.
  Antibiotika er afgørende, hvis man skal kurere for visse sygdomme, og dermed er det medicin og skal i princippet hverken bruges som vækstfremmer i en grisestald eller som konserveringsmiddel i mad. Antibiotics are crucial in treating certain illnesses; thus, they are medicinal and should not, in principle, be used either to promote pig growth or as a preservative in foodstuffs.

Definition of preservative

• Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
• Tending to preserve

Examples

• Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
• The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

Related words

• self-preservation
• preservation
• cryopreservation
• cyropreservation
• instinct of self-preservation
• food preservative
• data preservation
• tree preservation licence
• tree preservation order