Preservatives...?

Question

What is the best preservative to use for a syrup?

I am contemplating ascorbic acid or sodium benzoate or both or maybe something else. What do you think?

Answer 1

Sodium Benzoate should be banned forever.

It is one of the chemical industry's dirty little secrets:  you start with benzene to make it.

benzene is a carcinogen.

yes they've been using it for decades and there never has been a long term clinical study to measure waht % of people got cancer from  eating foods with it.

Answer 2

sodium benzoate works wonders. i reccomend it!!!