Overview of Flavors in Noncarbonated Beverages

摘要

Noncarbonated beverages encompass a wide variety of subcategories including teas, iced teas, coffees, fruit juices, water, flavored waters, energy and sports drinks, alcoholic beverages and even dairy drinks. Market share has increased steadily over the years, even to the detriment of carbonated beverages. Within this category the emphasis has shifted towards ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages and what are perceived as healthier drinks such as the waters, energy drinks and drinks high in anti-oxidants such as green teas. This is in line with consumer food and drink trends towards health and wellness. This chapter endeavors to cover the wide variety of beverages in this category, including current trends in their consumption and an emphasis on their key volatile and non-volatile components. A subject as broad as this cannot be done total justice in one chapter and thus the essentials or currently most interesting aspects of many noncarbonated beverages only will be addressed.