Back to results
US 10,537,124 B2Granted
Stabilizing sorbic acid in syrup and finished beverage
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsNaijie Zhang, William Mutilangi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Sorbic acid or benzoic acid is stabilized in syrup and finished beverages by solubilizing potassium sorbate or sodium benzoate and then adding the solubilized potassium sorbate or sodium or potassium benzoate into a stabilizer solution at pH 2-4.
Claims18
A method of preparing a stabilized micro-dispersion comprising
- a. solubilizing a sorbate in water to form a sorbate solution, wherein the temperature of the water is 20 to 100° C.;
- b. combining a stabilizer with water to form a stabilizer solution, wherein the stabilizer is a biopolymer or a modified polysaccharide;
- c. combining the sorbate solution and stabilizer solution and mixing to form a sorbic acid micro-dispersion comprising 1 to 30 wt % stabilizer and 5 to 15 wt % sorbic acid based on total weight of the micro-dispersion;
- and
- d. adjusting the pH of the micro-dispersion to 2.5 to 4, wherein the viscosity of the dispersion is no greater than 1000 cPs at 25° C.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.