Soft Drinks

Abstract

Principally, soft drink processing is a mixing procedure with essential components of raw materials, i.e. sugar, water flavour, acid and carbon dioxide. The secret of a recipe basis lies in harmonizing the raw materials in such a way that the finished product has a refreshing, stimulating character. A continuous quality control must ascertain that only perfect raw material is processed, that the bottled product is unobjectionable regarding its hygienic condition, and that it is microbiologically and chemically stable. There are various processing methods for the production of soft drinks. The described admixing process where the mixture of water and lemonade syrup is carbonated before bottling, corresponds with those of the licencers of brands like Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Seven-Up, Canada Dry, etc.