Stabilizing sorbic acid in beverage syrup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11944111-B2
Application number	US-201514627075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2015
Priority date	Feb 20, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A method for preparing a sorbate powder comprising dissolving sorbate salt in water, adding a stabilizing carrier to the sorbate solution, and spray drying the sorbate solution to form the sorbate powder. The sorbate powder is stable in beverage syrup.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of preparing a beverage syrup comprising
preparing a sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside through a process comprising
dissolving a sorbate salt in water to form a sorbate solution;
adding a stabilizing carrier to the sorbate solution to form a sorbate/carrier solution, wherein the stabilizing carrier is selected from the group consisting of oxygenated, hydrophilic salts of organic and inorganic acids, polysaccharides, and combinations thereof; wherein the stabilizing carrier and the sorbate salt are present in a weight ratio ranging from 0.1:10 to 10:0.1; and wherein the sorbate/carrier solution does not comprise a steviol glycoside; and
spray drying the sorbate/carrier solution to form the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside; and

combining:
water;
at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of sweeteners and flavorants; and
the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside to form a beverage syrup.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sorbate salt is potassium sorbate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizing carrier is selected from the group consisting of sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), potassium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium citrate, sodium tartrate, maltodextrin, gum arabic, pectin, carrageenan, ghatti gum, starch, alginate, cellulose, modified starch, carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMC), and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizing carrier and the sorbate salt are present in a weight ratio ranging from 0.5:5 to 5:0.5.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside comprises 20% to 80% by weight sorbate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein beverage syrup comprises 1000 to 2300 ppm sorbate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizing carrier and sorbate are present in a weight ratio of about 1:1.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein preparing the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside consists essentially of:
dissolving the sorbate salt in water to form the sorbate solution;
adding the stabilizing carrier to the sorbate solution to form the sorbate/carrier solution, wherein the stabilizing carrier is selected from the group consisting of oxygenated, hydrophilic salts of organic and inorganic acids, polysaccharides, and combinations thereof; wherein the stabilizing carrier and the sorbate salt are present in a weight ratio ranging from 0.1:10 to 10:0.1; and
spray drying the sorbate/carrier solution to form the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein preparing the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside consists of:
dissolving the sorbate salt in water to form the sorbate solution;
adding the stabilizing carrier to the sorbate solution to form the sorbate/carrier solution, wherein the stabilizing carrier is selected from the group consisting of oxygenated, hydrophilic salts of organic and inorganic acids, polysaccharides, and combinations thereof; wherein the stabilizing carrier and the sorbate salt are present in a weight ratio ranging from 0.1:10 to 10:0.1; and
spray drying the sorbate/carrier solution to form the sorbate solid dispersion that does not comprise a steviol glycoside.

Assignees

• Pepsico Inc

Inventors

• Mutilangi William
• Zhang Naijie

Classifications

• A23B70/10 Primary

  by addition of preservatives · CPC title

• A23L2/44 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A01N37/06

  Unsaturated carboxylic acids or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof · CPC title

• A23L2/385

  Concentrates of non-alcoholic beverages · CPC title

• A23L2/52

  Adding ingredients (adding preservatives A23B70/10) · CPC title