Coffee beverage ingredient confusion national standard will be implemented in December

Nowadays, coffee is becoming more and more popular among consumers, and there are more and more drinks that focus on coffee in the market. However, due to the lack of national standards, the coffee solids content and caffeine content of many coffee drinks on the market are not clear, and the authenticity of the products is worrying. Recently, the national standard of "Coffee Beverage", which was drafted by the Technical working Committee of China Beverage Industry Association, was approved and issued by the National Standardization Administration Committee, No. Gbt30676-2014, which will be formally implemented on December 1, 2014.

The coffee content is not very clear.

Yesterday, the reporter visited many supermarkets in the urban areas, such as Da Runfa, Wal-Mart, Xinhua Huadu, Zhongmin and so on, and saw that on the outer packaging of most brands of coffee drinks sold, in addition to the coffee bean pattern, marked "× × coffee beans", "pure coffee" and other publicity words, but also marked a lot of ingredients.

In the list of ingredients for a variety of coffee drinks, the reporter found many additives, such as the packaging of Kang Shifu's coffee beverage with milk coffee, the reporter saw as many as 27 kinds of ingredients, including granulated sugar, plant fat powder, full-fat milk powder, sweetened condensed milk, edible flavor, and so on.

So, how much coffee is there in coffee drinks? The reporter observed that some brands of coffee drinks specially marked with the prompt message that "sediment is coffee ingredient", and most of their coffee ingredients are "instant coffee", "coffee extract", "coffee powder" and so on. In terms of coffee solid content information, only some coffee drinks are specifically marked. For example, Yaha iced coffee is marked with "Colombian coffee extract greater than or equal to 0.6 g / 100 ml", and Suntory's list of coffee beverages indicates that "instant coffee is greater than 1%" product information.

Judging from the order of ingredients in the list of ingredients, the coffee content of coffee drinks varies. Most beverages rank coffee ingredients in the third and fourth places, while some brands rank coffee ingredients in the sixth and seventh places. It can be seen that the proportion of solid coffee in coffee drinks is not large.

The beverage tastes impure and high in calories.

The reporter interviewed some Zhangzhou citizens at random, and many consumers said they had the habit of drinking coffee, and some of them said they often drank coffee drinks. "I have only one box in my car. Although the taste can not be compared with freshly ground coffee, it is easy to carry, and the coffee ingredients can help me cheer me up. " Mr. Luo, a citizen, said so.

There are also some consumers who hold a negative attitude towards coffee drinks. Coffee lover Miss Chen said: "after all, coffee drinks are still beverages, both in terms of taste and flavor, which are far from authentic coffee, and that kind of sweetness is more like an additive." In addition, coffee drinks are generally high in calories, with about 120-250 kilojoules per 100 milliliters, and some products even as high as 282 kilojoules, making it easy to get fat if you drink them regularly. "my friend used to drink coffee drinks instead of coffee, but later found that coffee drinks were very high in calories, so he dared not drink any more." Miss Chen told the reporter.

Coffee Beverage Market needs to be standardized

For a long time, due to the absence of national standards related to coffee beverages, all brands of coffee beverages on the market implement enterprise standards, so manufacturers have the right to decide their own ingredients, ingredients and coffee content.

It is understood that the national standard of "coffee beverage", as the first coffee beverage standard in China, fills the gap in the domestic beverage standard system. The standard not only specifies the caffeine content, which is the characteristic index of coffee beverage, but also takes the coffee solid content as the technical index. Industry insiders said that the formulation of these two technical indicators can effectively ensure the authenticity of coffee drinks. The release and implementation of this standard will further standardize the production and market of coffee beverages.

The national standard for coffee, to be implemented in December, will regulate the domestic coffee beverage market.