SOFT DRINKS While normally The Kashrut Authority will endorse products on the basis of ingredient labels, the nature of soft drinks and our experience with them is such that all brands of carbonated/ uncarbonated soft drinks - diet or otherwise may be considered acceptable provided the following three conditions are met:
1, They do not contain grape juice or grape juice flavour.
2, They do not list as an ingredient cochineal, carmine or anthocyanins (ie colouring #120 or #163, although some authorities permit #163).
3, The sweetening agent is not fructose (fruit sugar) as this may be grape derived.
Phenylalanine does not pose a Kashrut problem. The Kashrut Authority in line with the majority opinion of Halachic authorities, does not consider tartaric acid (#334) to be a non-acceptable ingredient. 'Health' drinks usually contain amino acids or other protein derivatives that may come from animal sources. Those containing ingredients with the suffix -anime or -ine should not be used unless with a reliable hechsher or unless listed here. However, if the only additional ingredients to regular soft drinks in a health drink are sucrose, dextrose, dextrin, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, or various phosphates, the product is acceptable. It is the view of The Kashrut Authority that in Australia, soft drinks fulfilling the above criteria can be considered Kosher lechatchilla. See in greater detail 'Kashrut Standards Today and General Notes'. All products listed have been individually investigated and can be considered Mehadrin
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