Overview
This page is the wiki hub for the locked Category 5 Step 0 beverage row architecture. It preserves the sixteen locked rows and links each row to its product page, ingredient nodes, and affected metal pages. Downstream ingest may append future amendment rows, but these row numbers and names should not be renumbered or silently collapsed.
Locked Rows
| # | Subcategory | Split From | Variant Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruit juices, non-apple | fruit-juices | clean benchmark |
| 2 | Fruit juices, apple-containing | fruit-juices | higher-contamination row |
| 3 | Vegetable juices, non-root | vegetable-juices | clean benchmark |
| 4 | Vegetable juices, root-vegetable-containing | vegetable-juices | higher-contamination row |
| 5 | Plant milks (almond, oat, coconut, other non-soy/non-rice) | plant-milks | clean benchmark |
| 6 | Plant milks, soy-based | plant-milks | higher-contamination row |
| 7 | Plant milks, rice-based — RETIRED | plant-milks | retired → Category 3 row 10 (Rice beverages); Amendment 1, 2026-04-28 |
| 8 | Flavored waters | flavored-waters | independent no split |
| 9 | Sports/energy drinks | sports-energy-drinks | independent no split |
| 10 | Herbal/botanical infusions | tea-taxonomy | clean benchmark |
| 11 | True tea (Camellia sinensis) | tea-taxonomy | higher-contamination row |
| 12 | Matcha (whole-leaf Camellia sinensis) | tea-taxonomy | distinct exposure pathway |
| 13 | Coffee (ground, brewed, instant, single-serve) | coffee | independent no split |
| 14 | Soft drinks/carbonated beverages | soft-drinks-carbonated-beverages | independent no split |
| 15 | Fermented beverages, non-tea-based | kombucha-and-fermented-beverages | clean benchmark |
| 16 | Kombucha (tea-based fermented beverage) | kombucha-and-fermented-beverages | higher-contamination row |
Platform Links
Apple-containing fruit juice routes through Apple and lead (Pb). Root-vegetable-containing juice routes through Root vegetables, cadmium (Cd), and Pb. Soy plant milk routes through Soy, aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni), and Cd. Rice plant milk routes through Rice, inorganic arsenic (iAs), Cd, and Pb. Tea, matcha, and tea-based kombucha route through Camellia sinensis, Al, and Pb.
Boundary Rules
Drinking water and mineral water route to the water category, not this beverage category. Tea or coffee with a Supplement Facts panel routes to dietary supplements. Plant-based infant formula routes to Category 1. Sparkling water without flavoring routes to water; sparkling water with flavoring routes to Flavored Waters.
Update history
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Sources
Source records associated with this topic. Inclusion does not establish that every finding applies to this product or ingredient. References above identify works cited in the text.
| # | Citation | Year | Type | Used on this page for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen et al. 2020. Analysis of 17 elements in cow, goat, buffalo, yak, and camel milk by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), RSC Advances | 2020 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 2 | Massoud et al. 2020. Mercury Biodecontamination from Milk by using L. acidophilus ATCC 4356, Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology | 2020 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 3 | Davidov et al. 2019. Contamination of Cow Milk by Heavy Metals in Serbia, Acta Scientiae Veterinariae | 2019 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 4 | Parsaei et al. 2019. Concentrations of Cadmium, Lead and Mercury in Raw Bovine, Ovine, Caprine, Buffalo and Camel Milk, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies | 2019 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 5 | Stahl et al. 2017. Migration of aluminum from food contact materials to food - a health risk for consumers? Part I of III: exposure to aluminum, release of aluminum, tolerable weekly intake (TWI), toxicological effects of aluminum, study design, and methods, Environmental Sciences Europe | 2017 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 6 | Adegbola et al. 2015. Evaluation of some heavy metal contaminants in biscuits, fruit drinks, concentrates, candy, milk products and carbonated drinks sold in Ibadan, Nigeria, International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences | 2015 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 7 | Godwill et al. 2015. Determination of some soft drink constituents and contamination by some heavy metals in Nigeria, Toxicology Reports | 2015 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 8 | Akhmetsadykova et al. 2013. Protection against lead contamination by strains of lactic acid bacteria from fermented camel milk, Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture | 2013 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 9 | Konuspayeva et al. 2009. Pollution of Camel Milk by Heavy Metals in Kazakhstan, The Open Environmental Pollution & Toxicology Journal | 2009 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 10 | Committee on Toxicity of 2008. COT Statement on the 2006 UK Total Diet Study of Metals and Other Elements, Committee on Toxicity statement | 2008 | Government report | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 11 | Maduabuchi et al. 2007. Arsenic and Chromium in Canned and Non-Canned Beverages in Nigeria: A Potential Public Health Concern, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2007 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 12 | EFSA 2005. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies on a request from the Commission related to the tolerable upper intake level of tin, EFSA Journal | 2005 | Regulatory opinion | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |
| 13 | Dabeka et al. 1995. Survey of Lead, Cadmium, Fluoride, Nickel, and Cobalt in Food Composites and Estimation of Dietary Intakes of These Elements by Canadians in 1986-1988, Journal of AOAC International | 1995 | Peer-reviewed | Contribution to this topic remains under review; see the source record for its reported scope. |