GB 7101-2022National food safety standard - Drinks (English PDF)

2.1 Drinks

The product -- which uses one or more edible raw materials; is added or not added with

auxiliary materials, food additives, food nutrition fortifiers; is processed into

quantitative packaging for direct drinking or reconstituted drinking; has the ethanol

content of not more than 0.5% by mass. It is also known as beverages, such as

carbonated beverages, fruit and vegetable juices and their beverages, protein beverages,

solid beverages, etc.

3.1 Requirements for raw and auxiliary materials

The raw and auxiliary materials shall comply with the corresponding food standards

and relevant provisions.

3.2 Sensory requirements

Sensory requirements shall meet the requirements of Table 1.

3.3 Physical and chemical indicators

Physical and chemical indicators shall meet the requirements of Table 2.

3.4 Limits of pollutants and mycotoxins

3.5 Residue limits of pesticide

The pesticide residue limit shall comply with the provisions of GB 2763.

3.6 Microbial limit

3.6.1 Products, which are produced by commercial sterility, shall meet the requirements

of commercial sterility. It shall be tested, according to the method specified in GB

4789.26.

3.7 Food additives and food nutrition fortifiers

3.7.1 The use of food additives shall comply with the provisions of GB 2760.

4.1 The label of the product with added bacteria shall indicate the live bacteria

(unsterilized) type or the non-viable bacteria (sterilized) type.

4.2 The number of lactic acid bacteria, in live bacteria (unsterilized) products with

added lactic acid bacteria, shall be >= 106 CFU/g (mL); the content of lactic acid bacteria

shall be marked on the product label. Lactic acid bacteria are tested, according to the

method specified in GB 4789.35.

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