UK: Alcohol in soft drinks - do manufacturers have to make it clear?
Multiland
08-09-2007, 22:44
If you know the answer, please could you provide a link to an official website? Thanks
Gataway_Driver
08-09-2007, 22:49
Do you mean alcopops? Or the equivialent?
Because if a "soft drink" has alcohol in it it is not a soft drink
Splintered Yootopia
08-09-2007, 22:52
It's not a soft drink if it's got alcohol...
And all alcohol content must be labelled in a by-volume fashion. Sometimes people put the units per tin / glass etc. on the container, sometimes not, I don't think that's a law quite yet.
Philosopy
08-09-2007, 22:57
That question doesn't really make any sense.
Rasselas
08-09-2007, 23:08
I assume you mean this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Alcohol_content)? An amount of alcohol so small that yoghurt contains more?
*reads back of coke can* No.
Multiland
08-09-2007, 23:09
Do you mean alcopops? Or the equivialent?
Because if a "soft drink" has alcohol in it it is not a soft drink
I'm on about a drink that doesn't SAY it's a soft drink but LOOKS like one (eg. Red Bull) - does it have to say if it contains alcohol?
Gataway_Driver
08-09-2007, 23:15
I'm on about a drink that doesn't SAY it's a soft drink but LOOKS like one (eg. Red Bull) - does it have to say if it contains alcohol?
Red Bull IS a soft drink as it contains no alcohol
do you mean Red Square ?
If you do then yes they do. They are under the same laws as any other alcohol
Multiland
08-09-2007, 23:20
Red Bull IS a soft drink as it contains no alcohol
do you mean Red Square ?
If you do then yes they do. They are under the same laws as any other alcohol
I know Red Bull is considered a soft drink BUT it doesn't say it is on the label - so supposing, just supposing, it did contain alcohol, would that have to be declared? And if so, do you have a link to evidence it?
Infinite Revolution
08-09-2007, 23:24
I know Red Bull is considered a soft drink BUT it doesn't say it is on the label - so supposing, just supposing, it did contain alcohol, would that have to be declared? And if so, do you have a link to evidence it?
i doubt there is any law requiring the labelling of soft drinks as such, that would be pointless because they are so innoccuous. if anything contains a noticeable amount of alcohol it does have to be labelled with the a.b.v %. the bottle of dandelion & burdoch i had the other day had a label guaranteeing no more than 0.5% a.b.v., that amount is utterly negligeable, lower even than 'non-alcoholic' beer (which is not allowed to be called 'non-alcoholic' anymore because they tend to be around 1% a.b.v.) and i used to drink that from about the age of 5.
Multiland
08-09-2007, 23:24
I know that any alcohol in a drink has to be declared if it's more than a certain amount. For some reason I think the level is 1.2%.
But what if it's less?
I know that any alcohol in a drink has to be declared if it's more than a certain amount. For some reason I think the level is 1.2%.
Smunkeeville
08-09-2007, 23:30
But what if it's less?
Carbonated Water, sucrose, glucose, sodium citrate, taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, inositol, (niacinamide, calciumpantothenate, pyridoxine HCL, Vitamin B12, natural and artificial flavors, and colors)
those are the ingredients on the back of a red bull.
I don't understand what you are asking......and thus I can't google it, but maybe you could google stuff before you start threads to ask incoherent questions.
But what if it's less?
Then it's quite possible that there's no legal requirement.
Why do you ask?
edit: here you go (http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/alcoholguidance.pdf).
All prepacked drinks with an alcoholic strength of more than 1.2%(abv) must be labelled with an indication of alcoholic strength by volume.
Multiland
08-09-2007, 23:42
Carbonated Water, sucrose, glucose, sodium citrate, taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, inositol, (niacinamide, calciumpantothenate, pyridoxine HCL, Vitamin B12, natural and artificial flavors, and colors)
those are the ingredients on the back of a red bull.
I don't understand what you are asking......and thus I can't google it, but maybe you could google stuff before you start threads to ask incoherent questions.
I tried and I think it is coherent. I never said the original question was specifically about Red Bull. What I wanted to know was, if a drink is manufactured, and that drink looks to be a soft drink but does not specifically say it's a soft drink, then would the makers of that drink have to make it clear if the drink contains any alcohol?