Natamycin (Pimaricin) is a kind of antifungal food preservative produced by Streptomyces Natalensis. It Inhibits the growth of molds and yeasts. Commercial Natamycin products contain 50% natamycin. It will be able to avoid food spoilage caused by various molds and yeasts with a small dosage of natamycin. But it does not affect the growth of bacteria.
It has been widely used in food industry such as cheese, juice, wine and meat processing.
The European food additive No. is E235.
