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Research Paper | Food Science | Iraq | Volume 7 Issue 9, September 2018

Quality Evaluation of Soft Drinks Offered in Local Market

Mahmud Abdullah Jasim Alkhafaji ^[2]

Abstract: For evaluating the quality of soft drinks offered in Iraqi market and to conform of its validity with Iraqi food legislation, this study was performed by collecting 12 samples of various soft drink brands with different manufacturer from local market in Baghdad city for detecting their validity for human consumption compared with the Iraqi Standard of Soft Drinks. The test results demonstrated that 50 % of all samples tested are unsafe microbiological and 16 % not conformed to chemical requirements related with sugar percentage in end product. These samples are considered not valid for human consumption.

Keywords: Soft Drinks, Quality, Market

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 9, September 2018,

Pages: 326 - 327