1 Purpose
This document sets category-specific preparation, presentation, service, and carryover controls for Non-Alcoholic Ready-to-Drink Beverages within the defined Good Taste Awards standards system.
2 Scope
This document applies to the requirements, decisions, records, controls, and outputs expressly identified under Non-Alcoholic Ready-to-Drink Beverages. Award scope and exclusions are defined by GTA-STD-100; this document shall not create an additional award dimension. Operational prerequisites identified here affect assessment validity and never constitute product certification.
3 Authority and interpretation
The Assessment Operations Lead owns GTA-MOD-314; the Standards Authority approves it. formal verbs, defined terms, stable requirement identities, policy constants, and generated representations shall be interpreted under GTA-GOV-002, GTA-GOV-005, and the defined registers.
3.1 Registered relationships
| Relationship | Direction | Related document |
|---|---|---|
implements | outbound | GTA-SCH-303 |
governed_by | outbound | GTA-GOV-001 |
drafted_under | outbound | GTA-GOV-002 |
4 Requirements
GTA-MOD-314-R001 — Subcategory assignment
The Assessment Operations Lead shall cover juices, waters, carbonated drinks, functional-positioned drinks, dairy alternatives, and other non-alcoholic ready-to-drink products.
GTA-MOD-314-R002 — Container conditioning
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control agitation, sediment, settling, and opening sequence.
GTA-MOD-314-R003 — Carbonation
The Assessment Operations Lead shall protect gas retention, pour method, vessel, foam, and service interval.
GTA-MOD-314-R004 — Chilled or ambient state
The Assessment Operations Lead shall select and control the representative serving condition.
GTA-MOD-314-R005 — Ice exclusion
The Assessment Operations Lead shall avoid dilution unless ice is integral and defined.
GTA-MOD-314-R006 — Colour neutrality
The Assessment Operations Lead shall manage identity cues where appearance can reveal the product.
GTA-MOD-314-R007 — Sweetness and acidity load
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control block size, portion, and palate recovery.
GTA-MOD-314-R008 — Rapid change
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control oxidation, separation, warming, and loss of aroma.
5 Category applicability and selection
| Parameter | Defined value or selection rule |
|---|---|
| Included subcategories | juice, water, carbonated_drink, formulated_drink, dairy_alternative, ready_to_drink_beverage |
| Representative state | declared_chilled_or_ambient_serving_state |
| Portion basis | defined_pour_from_conditioned_container |
| Mandatory measurements | container_conditioning, service_condition, pour_quantity, open_to_service_interval, carbonation_state_when_applicable |
| Carrier rule | ice_or_diluent_prohibited_unless_integral_and_defined |
| Order class | assign_from_sweetness_acidity_carbonation_bitterness_aroma_and_colour_identity_risk |
| Inability conditions | carbonation_loss, undefined_dilution, separation, oxidation, temperature_drift |
6 Category control matrix
| Control ID | Variable | Required control | Source of setting | Evidence | Out-of-control action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GTA-MOD-314-C01 | Subcategory assignment | Cover juices, waters, carbonated drinks, functional-positioned drinks, dairy alternatives, and other non-alcoholic ready-to-drink products. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C02 | Container conditioning | Control agitation, sediment, settling, and opening sequence. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C03 | Carbonation | Protect gas retention, pour method, vessel, foam, and service interval. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C04 | Chilled or ambient state | Select and control the representative serving condition. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C05 | Ice exclusion | Avoid dilution unless ice is integral and defined. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C06 | Colour neutrality | Manage identity cues where appearance can reveal the product. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C07 | Sweetness and acidity load | Control block size, portion, and palate recovery. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-314-C08 | Rapid change | Control oxidation, separation, warming, and loss of aroma. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
7 individual product instruction precedence
A individual product instruction may supply a measurable setting where this module intentionally requires individual product selection. It shall be approved before blind coding, shall describe ordinary intended preparation, and shall not disclose brand identity to assessors. It shall not change the liking scale, panel composition, star thresholds, result meaning, or role authority.
The approved preparation plan shall state input quantity, equipment, sequence, endpoint, portion, vessel, service condition, holding control, order class, palate recovery, measurement method, tolerance or acceptance rule, and action for nonconformity. A missing mandatory setting shall stop preparation rather than invite operator estimation.
8 Conformity and records
Conformity with Non-Alcoholic Ready-to-Drink Beverages requires evidence comprising the preparation plan, batch record, service event, measurement, and deviation state. The record for each applicable GTA-MOD-314 requirement shall permit reconstruction without relying on an unrecorded explanation.
Evidence created under GTA-MOD-314 shall use stable identifiers, immutable event sequence numbers, and machine event timestamps. A correction shall be append-only. A nonconformity shall place the affected object in a non-releasable state until its consequence and confirmed disposition are recorded. Role combination remains subject to the mandatory separation rules.