GB/T 29602-2013Solid beverages (English PDF)

3.1 Solid beverages

The solid product that uses the raw food materials and food additives to process into the powder-shape, granulated-shape or bulk-shape for resolution or brewing drinking.

4.1 Powdered flavored beverage

The solid beverage that uses one or several of edible essence, sugar (including white granulated sugar and starch sugar), sugar substitute, acidulant, and creamer as the main flavoring method, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials or food additives; it is processed.

4.2 Powdered fruit/vegetable beverage

The solid beverage that uses fruit and (or) vegetable (including edible root, stem, leave, flower, fruit) or its product as raw material, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials or food additives; it is processed.

4.2.1 Fruit powder

The solid beverage that uses fruit or its juice as raw material, not adding other auxiliary food materials but adding food additives; it is processed.

4.2.2 Vegetable powder

The solid beverage that uses vegetable or its juice as raw material, not adding other auxiliary food materials but adding food additives; it is processed.

4.3 Powdered protein beverage

The solid beverage that uses milk and (or) milk product or other edible animal source protein or plant fruit, seed or nut or its product with a certain protein content, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials or food additives; it is processed.

4.3.1 Powdered milk beverage

The solid beverage that uses milk and (or) milk product as raw material, by adding one or several of other auxiliary food materials and food additives, such as sugar (including white granulated sugar and starch sugar) and (or) sugar substitute; it is processed.

4.4 Powdered tea beverage

The solid beverage that uses tea extract solution or extract or tea powder (including instant tea powder, ground tea powder) as raw material, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials and food additives; it is processed.

4.4.1 Instant tea

The solid beverage that uses tea extract solution or concentrated solution as raw material or fresh tea juice, not adding other auxiliary food materials but adding food additives; it is processed.

4.4.3.1 Powdered fruit juice tea beverage

The solid beverage that uses tea extract solution or extract or tea powder and fruit juice (fruit powder) as raw materials, by adding one or several of other auxiliary food materials and food additives, such as sugar (including white granulated sugar and starch sugar) and (or) sugar substitute; it is processed.

4.4.3.2 Powdered milk tea beverage

The solid beverage that uses tea extract solution or extract or tea powder, milk or milk product as raw materials, by adding one or several of other auxiliary food materials and food additives, such as sugar (including white granulated sugar and starch sugar) and (or) sugar substitute, creamer; it is processed.

4.5 Powdered coffee beverage

The solid beverage that uses coffee bean and (or) coffee product (ground coffee powder, coffee extract solution or concentrated solution, instant coffee, etc.) as raw material, by adding or not adding other raw food materials or food additives; it is processed.

4.5.1 Soluble coffee/instant coffee

The solid beverage that uses coffee bean and (or) coffee product (ground coffee powder, coffee extract solution or concentrated solution, instant coffee, etc.) as raw material, not adding other raw food materials but adding food additives; it is processed.

4.6 Powdered botanical beverage

The solid beverage that uses botany and its extracts (except for fruit, vegetable, tea and coffee) as raw materials, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials and food additives; it is processed.

4.6.1 Powdered cereal beverage

The solid beverage that uses cereals as raw materials by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials and food additives; it is processed.

4.6.2 Powdered herbal beverage

The solid beverage that uses one or several of herbals homologous with drug diet or which can be used with the permission of the government (including edible root, stem, leave, flower, fruit) or their products, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials and food additives; it is processed into a powdered beverage such as powdered tea beverage or powdered flower beverage.

4.6.3 Powdered cocoa beverage

The solid beverage that uses cocoa as raw material, by adding or not adding other auxiliary food materials and food additives; it is processed into a powdered beverage such as cocoa powder or powdered chocolate beverage.

4.7 Powdered beverage for special uses

The solid beverage that adjusts the varieties and contents of nutrients in beverage, or by adding some special functional ingredients that are good for human health, such as powdered sport beverage, powdered nutrient beverage, powdered energy beverage and powdered electrolyte beverage, etc.

4.8 Other powdered beverage

The solid beverages that are excluded in 4.1~4.7, such as creamer, effervescent tablets or solid beverage that is added with edible mushroom.

5.1 Requirements on raw and auxiliary materials

It shall comply with the relevant stipulations in the national and industrial standards.

5.2 Sensory requirements

After resolution or brewing, the product shall have the color, smell or taste as stipulated,

GB/T 29602-2013 and there shall be no abnormal smell or external impurities.

5.3 Moisture requirements

It shall not be higher than 7.0%.

5.4 Basic technical requirements

The product, after dilution according to the resolution or brewing method as indicated in the label, shall comply with the stipulations in Table 1.

6.1 Sense test

Prepare 50mL of sample by the resolution or brewing method as indicated on the label; pour it in the transparent container; put it at the bright place. Observe its state and color; smell and taste it.

6.2 Physiochemical requirements

6.2.1 Moisture

Determine the moisture content by the method as stipulated in GB 5009.3.

7.1 Lot-grouping and sampling

7.1.1 The batch of product shall be determined by the quality management division of manufacturer according to the corresponding rules.

7.2 Exit-factory inspection

Conduct the test items such as sensory requirements, moisture content, total bacterial count and coliform index when each batch of product is delivered out of factory.

7.3 Type inspection

7.3.1 Type inspection items

Contents about product classification in 5.2~5.5.

7.3.2 Under normal condition, one type inspection shall be conducted every year. In case of one of the following conditions, type inspection shall be conducted.

7.4 Judgment criteria

7.4.1 When the inspection results show that the product is qualified, then this batch of products are judged as qualified. If three or more items fail to conform to this Standard, then this batch of product is directly judged as unqualified.

8.1 Labeling

The pre-packed product shall comply with GB 7718 and GB 28050 as well as the following stipulations.

8.2 Package

8.2.1 The package material and container shall comply with the relevant standards as well as GB 10789.

8.2.2 For the powdered beverage product, the combined package mode can be applied, which means that the same package or container can contain many package forms, like powdered packaged foods and/or liquid state packaged foods, such as the packaged foods of coconut, starch product, sugar soaked bean.

8.3 Transportation and storage

Sunlight, rain or heavy load shall be avoided during the transportation of product; the product shall be stored in the clean, sunlight-avoiding, dry and well-ventilated warehouse without insect or mouse attack; […]