Patent ID: 8563062

Claim:
A method for reducing sorbic acid precipitation in a volume of stable preserved syrup, said method comprising (a) dissolving a sorbate in fluid having a temperature between about 150° F. and about 200° F. to form a pre-dissolution sorbate solution, (b) adding the pre-dissolution sorbate solution to an agitated volume of bulk fluid having a temperature between about 150° F. and about 200° F. to form a sorbate-containing volume of fluid having a volume of at least 90 volume percent of the syrup volume, (c) dissolving acid in fluid at a temperature of between about 150° F. to about 200° F. to form a pre-dissolution acid solution, and (d) adding the pre-dissolution acid solution to the sorbate-containing volume to form the volume of stable preserved syrup.