What are soft drinks?

Soft drinks are natural or artificial beverages with an alcohol content of less than 0.5% (mass ratio). Also known as refreshing drinks and non-alcoholic drinks. The alcohol content limit refers to the ethanol solvent used to dissolve flavors, spices, pigments, etc. or the by-product of the lactic acid beverage production process.

There are many varieties of soft drinks. According to raw materials and processing technology, they are divided into 8 categories: carbonated beverages, fruit juices and beverages, vegetable juices and beverages, plant protein beverages, plant extract beverages, lactic acid beverages, mineral water and solid beverages; they are divided into special types according to properties and drinking objects. 4 categories: purpose drinks, health drinks, table drinks and public drinks. Countries around the world usually adopt the first classification method. But in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries, soft drinks do not include fruit juices and vegetable juices.

Soft drink classification

1. Carbonated drinks: soft drinks that are infused with CO2 under certain conditions, excluding beverages that produce CO2 by fermentation. In the finished product (at 20 degrees Celsius) Volume) CO2 capacity is not less than 2.0 times. Divided into juice type, fruity type, cola type, low calorie type and other types.

2. Juice (pulp) and juice drinks: including fruit juice (pulp) and juice drinks. Juice (pulp) is a fruit juice (pulp) or mixed juice product obtained by processing moderately mature fresh or refrigerated fruits as raw materials. Fruit juice drink is a fruit juice drink product obtained by adding ingredients such as sugar liquid and sour agent to the fruit juice (slurry) product. It can be drank directly or after dilution. It is divided into original juice, original pulp, concentrated fruit juice, concentrated berry juice drink, pulp drink, fruit juice drink and high-sugar fruit juice drink.

3. Vegetable juice beverage: squeezed from one or more fresh or frozen vegetables (including edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, edible fungi, edible algae and ferns), etc. Products made from juice, pulping or leaching. Including vegetable juice, mixed vegetable juice, mixed fruit and vegetable juice, fermented vegetable juice and other vegetable juice drinks.

4. Milk-containing beverages: liquid products prepared from fresh milk and dairy products without fermentation or after fermentation, adding water or other auxiliary materials. Including milk drinks, lactic acid bacteria milk drinks, lactic acid drinks/and lactic acid bacteria drinks.

5. Plant protein drink: Made by grinding the fruits and seeds of plants with high protein content, stone fruits and nuts in a certain proportion with water, removing the residue, and adding ingredients. Milky liquid product. The protein content is not less than 0.5%. It is divided into soy milk drinks, coconut milk (juice) drinks, almond milk (dew) drinks and other plant protein drinks.

6. Bottled drinking water: water sealed in plastic bottles, glass bottles or other containers that can be drank directly. Except for the use of ozone, its raw water is not allowed to have external additives. Including drinking natural mineral water and drinking purified water.

7. Tea beverages: tea extracts obtained after extraction, filtration, clarification and other processing procedures, directly filled or added with sugar, sour agent, food flavor (or not), fruit juice Products made from ingredients such as (or not added), plant (grain) extract (or not added), etc. Including tea drinks, juice tea drinks, fruity tea drinks and other tea drinks.

8. Solid beverage: Use sugar (or not added), fruit juice (or not added), plant extract or other ingredients as raw materials, and process it into powder, granular or block form. For products intended for drinking after being dissolved, the finished product moisture content should be <5%. It is divided into fruity solid drinks, protein solid drinks and other solid drinks.

9. Special-purpose beverages: beverages prepared with certain food fortifiers added for the special needs of the human body or prepared for the needs of special groups of people. Including sports drinks, nutrient drinks and other special purpose drinks.