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Water and Soft Drinks

Top view of can of soft drink A soft drink (also called soda, pop, coke, soda pop, fizzy drink, tonic, or carbonated beverage) is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains carbonated water, a sweetener, and a flavouring agent. The sweetener may be sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, or a sugar substitute (in the case of diet drinks). A soft drink may also contain caffeine or fruit juice.

High energy to no/low sugar, functional to long life, carbonated or still, soft drinks and their associated preservative and packaging systems have their own microbiological issues.

Most cleaning associated with a water or soft drinks plant will be Cleaning in Place (CIP) of pipework, pumps, tanks and fillers. In addition external cleaning of fillers, conveyors and general process and packaging plant will be generally be carried out utilising a medium pressure washdown system to foam, rinse and disinfect.
Conveyor systems require lubrication which may either be aqueous based or dry lube.