<?php

$line = '
  Coca&#8209;Cola
  Beverage;Food;Music
';

$line = preg_replace_callback(
        '/(&(?:[A-Za-z_:][\w:.-]*|\#(?:[0-9]+|x[0-9a-fA-F]+)))?;/',
        create_function(
            '$matches',
            'if ($matches[1])
               return $matches[0];
             return $matches[0]." ";'
        ),
        $line
    );
echo $line;
?>