Food Uses
Natamycin is a natural, broad-spectrum, safe and efficient filamentous fungi such as yeast and mold inhibitors, it can not only inhibit the fungi, but also to prevent the production of mycotoxins. Natamycin harmful to humans, it is difficult to be absorbed by the human digestive tract, and their microbial resistance is difficult, and because of its low solubility, etc., usually used for food surface corrosion. Natamycin is currently the only anti-fungal microbial preservatives. 97 years of formal approval of the Ministry of Health natamycin as a food preservative. The product has been widely used in more than 50 countries. Mainly used in dairy products, meat products, fermented wine, fruit juice beverages, convenience foods, baked goods, such as incense-based production and preservation.

Medical purposes
Natamycin is used to treat fungal infections, including Candida, Aspergillus, Fusarium, also used as eye drops or oral agents, in these applications, the human body to absorb less of natamycin. Orally, the basic is not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, so it does not apply to system infection drugs.