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Dairy Based Beverages — Specification 
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 Foreword 
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a parastatal under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives established under Cap 327, of the Laws of Uganda, as amended.  UNBS is mandated to co-
ordinate the elaboration of standards and is  
(a) a member of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and  
(b) a contact point for the WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission on Food Standards, and  
(c) the National Enquiry Point on TBT Agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 
The work of preparing Uganda Standards is carried out through Technical Committees. A Technical 
Committee is established to deliberate on standards in a given field or area and consists of representatives of 
consumers, traders, academicians, manufacturers, government and other stakeholders. 
Draft Uganda Standards adopted by the Technical Committee are widely circulated to stakeholders and the 
general public for comments. The committee reviews the comments before recommending the draft standards 
for approval and declaration as Uganda Standards by the National Standards Council.  
This Uganda Standard was developed by the UNBS/TC 2/SC 1 – Milk and milk products  Sub Committee 
under the Food and Agriculture standards Technical Committee. 
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 Dairy Based Beverages — Specification 
1 Scope 
This Uganda standard   specifies the requirements and the methods of sampling and test for dairy based 
beverages . 
2 Normative references   
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated 
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 
document (including any amendments) applies. 
US 163: Code of Hygienic practise for milk and milk products 
US CODEX STAN 206:  General standard for use of dairy terms  
US CODEX STAN 243 Standards for fermented milks  
US ISO 5538:  Milk and Milk Products sampling  
US EAS 38 , Labelling of pre-packaged foods-specification  
US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry   
US 45, General standard for food additives   
US EAS 12 , Drinking (potable) water ─ Specification  
US 217-2/EAS 217- 2, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 2: Colony count technique at 30 °C   
US 217-4/EAS 217-4, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of coliforms – Part 4: Most probable number technique 
US ISO 67 33, Milk and milk products -- Determination of lead content -- Graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometric meth od  
US ISO 6731  Milk and milk products -Determination of total solids content  
US ISO 6561-2  Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of cadmium content -- Part 2: 
Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
US ISO 6634 Fruits, vegetab les and derived products -- Determination of arsenic content -- Silver 
diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
US EAS 49 Dried whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder . 
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 US EAS  803 Nutritional labelling 
US EAS  804 Claims on food 
US EAS  805 Use of Nutritional land Health claims 
3 Terms and definitions 
For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions shall apply. 
3.1  
Milk 
is the normal mammary secretion of milking animals obtained from one or more milkings without either 
addition to it or extraction from it, intended for consumption as liquid milk or for further processing.  
3.2 
Dairy based beverage 
Includes all mixes ready- to-drink or concentrated, fermented or not fermented, sweetened or non-sweetened , 
flovoured or non flavoured, carbonated or non-carbonated milk-based drinks with other permitted food 
ingredients.    
 
3.3 
Contaminants  
it is any biological or chemical agent, foreign matter, or other substances that are not intentionally added to 
food, which may compromise food safety or suitability. 
 
3.4  
Pasteurization 
it is a heat treatment process applied to a product with the aim of avoiding public health hazards arising from 
pathogenic microorganisms associated with diary based beverage. Pasteurization, as a heat treatment 
process, is intended to result in only minimal chemical, physical and organoleptic changes. 
 
3.5  
homogenization  
process by which milk fat globules are finely divided and interspersed to form a homogeneous product so as 
to prevent the fat from floating on the surface and adhering to the inside of the container.  
 
3.6 
food grade material  
packaging material, made of substances which are safe and suitable for their intended use and which will not 
impart any toxic substance or undesirable odour or flavour to the product  
 
3.7 
dietary soft drinks  
drinks sweetened with low or no sugars with or without non-nutritive and/or intense sweeteners and intended 
for use in very low energy diets 
 
3.8 
Standardized milk 
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 4 Essential Quality  and Compositional Requirements  
4.1 Raw materials 
4.1.1  Milk 
Dairy based beverages shall contain 15% minimum quantity of milk. The milk may be whole milk, skimmed 
milk, whey milk, ferme nted and or unfermented milk , pasteurized, sterilized etc. 
4.1.2   Water   
The water used for the manufacture of dairy based beverages shall be potable water and complying with the 
requirements of US EAS 12  
4.1.3  Sweeteners  
The sweeteners shall conform to relevant standards 
Dairy based beverages may contain one or more of the sweeteners such as  
 powder (dry) or liquid forms of sugar,  
 invert sugar,  
 dextrose,  
 fructose,  
 lactose,  
 mannitol,  
 honey,  
 glucose syrup,  
 sorbitol, and  
 High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).  
 
4.1.4   Fruit Juices 
Diary based beverages may also contain fruit juices which shall be conforming to the relevant standards. 
4.1.5  Food additives   
Dairy based beverages shall contain only permitted additives in accordance with US 45.  
 
4.2 Types of dairy based beverages 
Diary based beverages shall be of the following types: 
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 2. sterilised  
3. carbonated or n on-carbonated. 
4. flavoured or Non flavoured  
5. fermented or unfermented  
6. sweetened or unsweetened 
7.  concentrated or ready to drink. . 
 
Dairy based beverages, may be prepared from any of the following types of milk  
a) standardised milk 
b) homogenised Milk 
c) whole milk 
d) skimmed milk or 
e) powdered milk 
f) whey milk 
g) cultured milk 
The types of milk mentioned above shall be as defined in US CODEX 206. 
4.3  General Requirements 
Dairy based beverages shall  
 possess a good body, uniform colour, a well-balanced flavour and shall be free from off-odours and off-
flavors when assessed using the normal sensory tests,  
 be free from insect and rodent contamination and practically free from other extraneous matter,  
 show no turbidity (except turbidity arising from the ingredients or food additives used for flavouring or 
colouring), and  
 show no sedimentation (except sedimentation arising from the ingredients or food additives used for 
flavouring or colouring).  
 
NOTE Sedimentation may occur in particulated drinks that contain particles such as pieces of fruits or vegetables.  
The dairy based beverages shall be stable when stored. 
4.4   Specific requirements  
4.4.1  Sugar content  
Dairy based beverages that shall be sweetened with sugars, shall record a Brix value of not less than five 
degrees at 20 °C when tested in accordance with US ISO 6731. Concentrated (liquid or solid) diary based 
beverages shall be tested for Brix only after reconstitution or diluting to taste as per manufacturer’s 
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 NOTE The test for sugar content in carbonated diary based beverages should be conducted after de-gassing.  
Dietary milk based beverages may be sweetened with low sugar with or without non-nutritive and/or intense 
sweeteners. For those drinks, the Brix shall not apply.  
4.4.2  Alcohol content   
The dairy based beverages shall contain no more than 3 mg/L alcohol content when tested in accordance with 
US ISO 2448.  
5  Contaminants  
5.1  Heavy Metal Contaminants 
Dairy based beverages shall not contain heavy metal contaminants in excess of the limits stipulated in Table 1  
Table 1 –  Limits for heavy metal contaminants in dairy based beverages 
Contaminant  Maximum limit  Method of test  
Arsenic (As), mg/kg  0.05  US ISO 6634  
Lead (Pb), mg/kg  0.05  US ISO 67 33  
Mercury (Hg), mg/kg  0.001  US ISO 6637  
Cadmium (Cd), mg/kg  0.003  US ISO 6561 -2  
 
5.2 Pesticides and Veterinary drug residues 
The products covered by this standard shall comply with the maximum residue limits in accordance with the relevant 
standards.  
6  Hygienic Requirements 
Dairy based beverages shall be produced and handled in a hygienic manner in accordance with US 28 and 
US 163 .  
Dairy based beverages shall conform to the limits for microbiological contaminants in Table 2.  
Table 2 ─ Microbiological limits for dairy based beverages  
Microorganism  Maximum limit  Method of Test  
Total aerobic count, CFU/mL  25  US 217 -2 / EAS 217 -2  
E. coli, per 100 mL  Absent  US ISO 72 51  
Yeast and moulds, CFU/mL  10 US 217 -8/EAS 217 -8  
Listeria monocytogenes , CFU/mL  Absent  US ISO 11290 -2 
Salmonella,  , CFU/mL  Absent  US ISO 6785  
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 7 Packaging  
Dairy based beverages shall be packaged in food grade containers which will safeguard the hygienic, 
nutritional, technological, and organoleptic qualities of the product.  
8 Weights and measures  
Dairy based beverages shall be packaged in accordance with the Weights and Measures legislation.  
9 Labelling  
9.1  General  
In addition to the requirements of US EAS 38, the specific labelling requirements in 11.2 – 11.7 shall apply 
and shall be legibly and indelibly marked on the container.  
9.2  Name of product  
The name of the product to be declared on the label shall be:  
  milk/ dairy based soft drink or;  
  milk/dairy based X drink (for example, mango drink, pineapple drink) where X is the name of the fruit or 
vegetable juice used in the flavouring of the drink or; (amount used shall be declared on the label);  
 milk based X flavoured drink (for example, mango flavoured drink, pineapple flavoured drink, coffee 
flavoured drink) where X is the name of the flavour in the drink;  
 
 carbonated diary based drinks shall have the word “carbonated” declared before the name of the product;  
 Diary based drinks cont aining more than 200 mg/kg caffeine shall include the word “caffeinated” or 
“contains caffeine” before the name of the product;  
 dietary dairy based drinks shall include the word “light” or “diet” before the name of the product;  
 for spiced diary beverages , the word “spiced” shall be include d before the name of the product unless the 
common name of the spice is part of the name of the product.  
 
9.3 List of the ingredients  
Where quinine or caffeine are used as a flavouring in the production or preparation of a carbonated and non-
carbonated dairy based beverage, these substances shall always be mentioned by name in the list of 
ingredients, immediately after the term “flavouring”.  
9.4 Quantitative declaration of ingredient  
Drinks containing more than 200 mg/kg caffeine shall indicate the amount of caffeine in the drink as 
consumed in mg/100 mL.  
9.5 Instructions for use  
The rate or instruction for dilution or reconstitution shall be declared on the label of concentrated diary based 
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 9.6 Caution  
Carbonated dairy based beverages shall indicate on the label the caution, “Product is under pressure”.  
Caffeinated dairy based beverages shall bear a warning, “Not for consumption by children and pregnant and 
lactating women”.  
9.7  Nutrition labelling and claims  
For low calorie or light dairy based beverages the calories (Xcal/100 mL) shall be declared on the label.  
Nutritional labelling, nutrition and health claims may be made in accordance with US EAS803, US EAS 804 , 
and US EAS 805.  
10  Sampling of dairy based Beverages  
Sampling shall be carried out in accordance with ISO 542.  
11  Methods of analysis  
Tests of diary based beverages shall be done in accordance with the Uganda Standards stated in the relevant 
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 Bibliography 
[1]  US 47:2011 Carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks — Specification 
[2] GBT 21732 Prepared Milk Beverage. PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFTDUS 1653 : 2016 
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Products that conform to Uganda standards may be marked with Uganda National Bureau of Standards 
(UNBS) Certification Mark shown in the figure below.  
The use of the UNBS Certification Mark is governed by the Standards Act, and the Regulations made 
thereunder. This mark can be used only by those licensed under the certification mark scheme operated by 
the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and in conjunction with the relevant Uganda Standard. The 
presence of this mark on a product or in relation to a product is an assurance that the goods comply with the 
requirements of that standard under a system of supervision, control and testing in accordance with the 
certification mark scheme of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. UNBS marked products are 
continually checked by UNBS for conformity to that standard.  
Further particulars of the terms and conditions of licensing may be obtained from the Director, Uganda 
National Bureau of Standards.  
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