Editing Soft drink (section)

==Production==
[[File:7-Up Bottlers Flavor jug.jpg|alt=A large green jug|thumb|A mid-20th century jug of bottler's flavor for [[7 Up|7-Up.]] The syrup-like concentrate lacked sugar and was sold to franchisees in such glass containers to produce the soft drink for retail sale.]]

Soft drinks are made by mixing dry or fresh ingredients with water. Production of soft drinks can be done at factories or at home. Soft drinks can be made at home by mixing a [[syrup]] or dry ingredients with carbonated water, or by Lacto-fermentation. Syrups are commercially sold by companies such as [[Soda-Club]]; dry ingredients are often sold in pouches, in a style of the popular U.S. drink mix [[Kool-Aid]]. Carbonated water is made using a [[soda siphon]] or a [[home carbonation system]] or by dropping dry ice into water. Food-grade carbon dioxide, used for carbonating drinks, often comes from [[ammonia]] plants.<ref>{{cite news |title=CO2 shortage: Food industry calls for government action |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44559669 |agency=BBC |date=June 21, 2018 |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523150103/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44559669 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Drinks like [[ginger ale]] and [[root beer]] are often brewed using [[yeast]] to cause [[carbonation]].

Of most importance is that the ingredient meets the agreed specification on all major parameters. This is not only the functional parameter (in other words, the level of the major constituent), but the level of impurities, the microbiological status, and physical parameters such as color, particle size, etc.<ref>{{cite book | last = Ashurst | first = P. | title = Soft drink and fruit juice problems solved | publisher = Woodhead Publishing Limited | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-84569-326-8}}</ref>

Some soft drinks contain measurable amounts of alcohol. In some older preparations, this resulted from natural fermentation used to build the carbonation. In the United States, soft drinks (as well as other products such as [[Low-alcohol beer|non-alcoholic beer]]) are allowed by law to contain up to 0.5% [[alcohol by volume]]. Modern drinks introduce carbon dioxide for carbonation, but there is some speculation that alcohol might result from fermentation of sugars in a non-sterile environment. A small amount of alcohol is introduced in some soft drinks where alcohol is used in the preparation of the flavoring extracts such as [[vanilla extract]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mail-archive.com/mymasjid%40yahoogroups.com/msg00028.html |title=[myMasjid.com.my&#93; Alcohol: In soft drinks |publisher=Mail-archive.com |date=November 8, 2004 |access-date=June 8, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428220855/https://www.mail-archive.com/mymasjid%40yahoogroups.com/msg00028.html |url-status=live }}</ref>