Is it true that carbonated beverages can quench your thirst?

At present, China's beverage industry is still dominated by four types of carbonated beverages, bottled water (including mineral water, purified water, distilled water, etc.), juice drinks and packaged tea beverages. The carbonated beverage has won the favor of many consumers in the summer with its absolute refreshing feeling. But can carbonated drinks really quench their thirst? The following small series will take you through the interpretation of carbonated drinks.

        A carbonated beverage is a beverage product that is filled with carbon dioxide gas under certain conditions, and is generally composed of water, a sweetener, a sour agent, a flavor and fragrance, a coloring matter, carbon dioxide, and other raw materials. Carbonated drinks mainly serve as a refreshing and refreshing drink, which is a hobby drink and generally has no nutritional value. However, different products have different characteristics, and some do have vitamins and electrolytes.

According to the difference in the raw materials and taste of the products, carbonated drinks are divided into the following five categories:

        A carbonated beverage with a juice-type raw juice content of not less than 2.5%, such as orange juice soda, orange juice soda, pineapple juice soda or mixed juice soda. Because it contains a certain amount of fruit juice, it can not only quench the thirst, but also have a certain nutritional effect. It is a kind of carbonated beverage with high nutritional value. Now there are fewer juice-type carbonated beverage products on the market in China.

        The fruity type uses the fruity flavor as the main flavoring agent, and the original juice content is less than 2.5% of carbonated beverages, such as orange soda, lemon soda and the like. There are mainly Sprite, Fanta, very lemon, very apple and other products, mainly for young people.

        The cola type contains a caramel color, a cola flavor, or a carbonated beverage with a fragrant and fruity flavor like a cola and fruit flavor. Colorless cola does not contain caramel. The main products are Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Coke and other products, mainly for young people.

        The low-calorie type of carbonated beverage and soda water in which the sweetener completely or partially replaces the sugar. There are mainly Diet Coke, soda and other products, suitable for the elderly, obese people to drink.

        Other products include carbonated beverages containing plant extracts or non-fruity flavors as flavoring agents and supplementing electrolytes, energy, etc. lost after exercise, such as ginger juice, sports soda, etc., suitable for drinking after exercise.

        Can carbonated drinks really quench your thirst? Qualified carbonated beverage products need to be carefully identified at the time of purchase. Generally, the surface of the bottled soda should be 3-6 cm from the bottle mouth. The bottle mouth is clean, free of rust, plastic bottle or cans can not be pinched by hand, or shaken up and down. There are a lot of bubbles in the bottle, indicating that the seal is good. After the transparent soda is inverted, the light shall be inspected without cloud-like flocs or small particles; the pulp type shall not have stratification and obvious sediment. If the sweetness is insufficient, the odor is more than enough to indicate that the soda has deteriorated. If the refreshing sensation of carbon dioxide is not obvious, it indicates that the carbon dioxide content in the beverage is low. When purchasing, you should also check whether there are flocculent deposits at the bottom of the packaging container, the appearance of the product, the date of manufacture of the product and the best consumption date. Generally speaking, the quality of products with high brand awareness and high credibility is more secure.