Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1550 - FOOD; GENERAL RULES
NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Part 1550.3450 - NAMES OF BEVERAGES

Subpart 1. Beverage neither flavored nor sweetened.

The name of the beverage for which a definition and standard of identity is established by parts 1550.3430 to 1550.3470, which is neither flavored nor sweetened, is soda water, club soda, or plain soda.

Subp. 2. Beverage containing flavoring and sweetening.

The name of each beverage containing flavoring and sweetening ingredients as provided for in part 1550.3440 is "______ soda" or "______ soda water" or "______ carbonated beverage," the blank being filled in with the word or words that designate the characterizing flavor of the soda water; for example, "grape soda."

Subp. 3. Soda water designated by common name.

If the soda water is one generally designated by a particular common name; for example, ginger ale, root beer, or sparkling water, that name may be used in lieu of the name prescribed in subparts 1 and 2. For the purposes of parts 1550.3430 to 1550.3470, a proprietary name that is commonly used by the public as the designation of a particular kind of soda water may likewise be used in lieu of the name prescribed in subparts 1 and 2.