Other Pop Beverages

Some effervescent pop drinks are imitations of fruit juices and lemonade-type drinks, however, their sugar content is fully or partially replaced by artificial sweeteners and the natural essence of flavoring ingredients are replaced by artificial or artificially-enhanced essences. Coloring substances are usually added. 

As a result of the numerous raw materials and processes involved, the analysis of fruit products is difficult and tedious. Information on the following is important for an evaluation  

Information of this type is provided by the quantitative analysis of various constituents, determination of species-specific compounds, and by the determination of abundance ratios of isotopes. 

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