Differences between soft drinks and hard drinks:

1. Different types of inclusion.

Soft drinks include carbonated drinks, fruit juice (pulp) and fruit juice drinks, milk-containing drinks, vegetable juice drinks, plant protein drinks, bottled drinking water drinks, tea drinks, solid drinks and other drinks.

Soft drinks are mainly based on mineral water or drinking water, fruit juice, vegetable juice or the extracts of some plants' flowers, leaves and roots, and all these drinks belong to soft drinks. The material of hard drinks is the opposite of soft drinks, and most of them are alcoholic drinks.

2. The alcohol content is different.

The alcohol content of soft drinks is less than 1.5%, while hard drinks refer to drinks containing alcohol, such as white wine, cocktails, rum, tequila, beer, vodka, brandy, aperitif before meals, various special drinks and wine.

3, the composition is different.

Soft drinks are mainly made of mineral water and plant extracts. Hard drink raw materials do not contain these.

classification:

1. Carbonated drinks

are bubble drinks formed by mixing carbon dioxide gas with various spices, moisture, syrup and pigments. Like coke, soda, etc.

The main components of carbonated drinks include acidic substances such as carbonated water and citric acid, white sugar and spices, and some contain caffeine. The capacity of carbon dioxide in the finished product (volume at 21 degrees) is not less than 2.1 times, excluding the beverage produced by fermentation itself. It can be divided into fruit juice type, fruit flavor type, cola type, low calorie type and other types.

2. Fruit juice (pulp) and fruit juice drinks

include fruit juice (pulp) and fruit juice drinks. Fruit juice (pulp) is a kind of fruit juice (pulp) or mixed fruit juice products made from fresh or frozen fruits with moderate maturity.

Fruit juice beverage, which is obtained by adding sugar liquid, sour agent and other ingredients into fruit juice (pulp) products, can be drunk directly or diluted. Divided into raw juice, raw fruit pulp, concentrated juice, concentrated fruit pulp juice drink, pulp drink, fruit juice drink and high sugar juice drink.

3. Vegetable juice beverage

A product made from one or more fresh or frozen vegetables (including edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, edible mushrooms, edible algae and ferns) by juicing, pulping or leaching. Include vegetable juice, mixed vegetable juice, mixed fruit and vegetable juice, fermented vegetable juice and other vegetable juice drinks.

4. Milk-containing beverages

Liquid products made from fresh milk and dairy products by adding water or other auxiliary materials without fermentation or after fermentation. Comprise milk beverage, lactic acid bacteria milk beverage, lactic acid beverage and/or lactic acid bacteria beverage.

5. Plant protein beverage

A turbid liquid product made by grinding the fruits, seeds, drupes and nuts of plants with high protein content with water

in a certain proportion, removing residues and adding ingredients. Protein content is not less than 1.5%. There are soybean milk drinks, coconut milk (juice) drinks, almond milk (dew) drinks and other plant protein drinks.