(1) Soda water is
the class of beverages made by absorbing carbon dioxide in potable water. The
amount of carbon dioxide used is not less than that which will be absorbed by
the beverage at a pressure of one atmosphere and at a temperature of 60 F. It
may contain buffering agents as provided in paragraph
40-7-9-.29(2)(e) of
this section. It either contains no alcohol or only such alcohol (not in excess
of 0.5 percent by weight of the finished beverage) as is contributed by the
flavoring ingredient used. Soda water designated by a name, including any
proprietary name provided for in paragraph
40-7-9-.29(2)(c) of
this section, which includes the word cola or a designation as a pepper
beverage or any other beverage which has been well known as being made with
kola nut extract and or other natural caffeine containing extracts that, for
years, has become well-known as being made with kola nut extract, and thus as a
caffeine containing drink, shall contain caffeine in a quantity not to exceed
0.02 percent by weight.
(2) Soda
water may contain optional ingredients, but if any such ingredient is a food
additive or a color additive within the meaning of section 201 (s) or (t) of
the Federal Act, it is used only in conformity with a regulation established
pursuant to section 409 or 706 of the act. The optional ingredients that may be
used in soda water in such proportions as are reasonably required to accomplish
their intended effects are:
(a) Nutritive
sweeteners consisting of the dry or liquid form of sugar, invert sugar,
dextrose, corn syrup, glucose syrup, sorbitol, aspartame, or any combination of
two or more of these. Newly developed products of like nature approved by FDA
will be accepted for use by the Department.
(b) One or more of the following flavoring
ingredients may be added in a carrier consisting of ethyl alcohol, glycerin, or
propylene glycol. Newly developed products of like nature approved by FDA will
be accepted for use by the Department.
1.
Fruit juices (including concentrated fruit juices), natural flavoring derived
from fruits, vegetables, bark, buds, roots, leaves, and similar plant
materials.
2. Artificial
flavoring.
(c) Natural
or artificial color additives.
(d)
One or more of the acidifying agents; acetic acid, adipic acid, citric acid,
fumeric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, tartaric acid. Newly
developed products of like nature approved by FDA will be accepted for use by
the Department.
(e) One or more of
the buffering agents consisting of the acetate, bicarbonate, carbonate,
chloride, citrate, lactate, orthophosphate, or sulfate salts of calcium,
magnesium, potassium or sodium. Newly developed products of like nature
approved by FDA will be accepted for use by the Department.
(f) One or more of the emulsifying,
stabilizing, or viscosity-producing agents; brominated vegetable oils, carob
bean gum, locust bean gum, glycerol ester of wood rosin, aguar gum, gum acacia,
gum tragacanth, hydroxylated lecithin, lecithin, methylcellulose, mono and
diglycerides of fat-forming fatty acids, pectin, polyglycerol esters of fatty
acids, propylene glycol alginate, sodium alginate, sodium
carboxymethlycellulose, sodium metaphosphate (sodium hexametaphophate). Newly
developed products of like nature approved by FDA will be accepted for use by
the Department.
(g) One or more of
the foaming agents; ammoniated glycyrrhizin, gum ghatti, licorice or
glycyrrhiza, yucca (Joshua-tree), yucca (Mohave). Newly developed products of
like nature approved by FDA will be accepted for use by the
Department.
(h) Caffeine, in an
amount not to exceed 0.02 percent by weight of the finished beverage.
(i) Quinine, as provided in this Regulation,
in an amount not to exceed 83 parts per million by weight of the finished
beverage.
(j) One or more of the
chemical preservatives ascorbic acid, benzoic acid, BHA, BHT, calcium disodium
EDTA, erythorib acid, glucose-oxidase-catalase enzyme, methyl or propyl
paraben, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, propyl gallate, potassium or sodium
benzoate, potassium or sodium bisulfite, potassium or sodium metabisulfite,
potassium or sodium sorbate, sorbic acid, sulfurdioxide, or tocopherols. Newly
developed products of like nature approved by FDA will be accepted for use by
the Department.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
amended. O.C.G.A. Sec.
26-2-1et
seq.
