Summary.Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for simultaneous determination of sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate in beverages was developed using high speed column. The simple and rapid reverse-phase method for quantitative determination of both preservatives was established on LiChroCART ® Purospher STAR RP-18e (30 mm × 4 mm; 3 μm) column, mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-phosphate buffer (pH = 3.5) in volume ratio of 8:92 (v/v), flow rate of 1 mL min −1 , ultraviolet (UV) detection at 195 nm for sodium benzoate and 260 nm for potassium sorbate, and constant column temperature at 25 °C. Linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of quantification (LOQ), and limit of detection (LOD) were tested for method validation. Linearity range for sodium benzoate was 6.04-200.27 mg L −1 (R 2 = 0.999) while, for potassium benzoate (R 2 = 0.999), 12.19-406.36 mg L −1 . The RSD values ≤1.03% demonstrate excellent intra-day precision. LOD for sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate was 0.004 and 0.003 mg L −1 , while LOQ was 0.012 and 0.009 mg L −1 , respectively. This method was applied for quantitative determination of investigated preservatives in beverages which were taken from Macedonian markets.