Beverages refer to liquids for human or livestock consumption, which are quantitatively packaged for direct drinking or prepared or brewed with water in a certain proportion, and the ethanol content (mass content) does not exceed 05% of products, beverages can also be divided into beverage slurry or solid form, its role is to quench thirst, replenish energy and other functions.
There are many varieties of drinks, and here are some of the common ones:
1.Fruit juice drinks: juice products obtained by physical methods such as pressing, centrifugation, extraction, etc., generally refer to pure fruit juice. Fruit juice is divided into clarified juice and cloudy juice according to its form. Clarified juice is clear and transparent, and cloudy juice contains a large number of pulp particles and suspended solids.
2.Carbonated beverages: Beverage products filled with carbon dioxide under certain conditions, generally composed of water, sweeteners, acidulants, fruity flavors and other components, and the main categories include fruit juice carbonated drinks, fruit-flavored carbonated drinks, cola carbonated drinks, and other carbonated drinks.
3.Tea beverages: Tea beverages refer to tea broths made by soaking tea leaves in water, extracting, filtering, clarifying and other processes, or by adding water, sugar solution, acidulants, food flavors, fruit juices or plant (grain) extracts to tea broths. Tea drinks are generally classified into two categories: tea soup drinks and flavored tea drinks.
4.Milk beverage: a beverage prepared by adding water, sugar and/or sweetener, acidulant, juice, tea, coffee, plant extract, etc., to the emulsion prepared by the cultivation and fermentation of lactic acid bacteria as raw materials and fresh milk or dairy products. According to the definition of the International Dairy Federation and the Chinese national standard, milk beverage is a beverage made of milk (including processed and transformed milk ingredient products) as raw material, and one or more prepared beverages by adding water, (or) sweeteners, acidulants, fruit juices, tea, coffee, plant extracts, etc. milk beverages made from juice and other excipients; Functional milk-containing beverages - milk as the main raw material with specific health care functions, such as active lactic acid bacteria beverages made from fermentation of Bulgarian lactic acid bacteria, so as to have the effect of other milk beverages with intestinal effect.
5.Drinking water: Drinking water is divided into natural mineral water, natural spring water, natural mineral water, natural pure water, mountain spring water, etc.
6.Protein drinks: including plant-based protein drinks and animal protein drinks.
7.Solid beverages: products obtained by drying aqueous suspensions made of sugar, food additives, fruit juices or plant extracts, etc., before canning (big bags).
The above are some common beverage varieties, each of which has different characteristics and use occasions, providing more choices for people's lives.