TS 9094

TS 9094 is a service standard dealing with the classification and basic characteristics of drink factories. It focuses on how production premises for soft drinks, including artificially carbonated beverages and fruit- and vegetable-juice drinks, are identified and what general features are expected in those facilities. From the title and scope, the document is about the organisation and functional character of beverage plants rather than specific recipes, product formulations, or detailed manufacturing methods.

Where the scope begins and ends

According to the scope, the standard covers factories manufacturing carbonated soft drinks and fruit-vegetable juice beverages. It explicitly excludes places producing beverages that require a fermentation period, such as non-alcoholic beer, beer, wine, and similar drinks, as well as facilities making fruit and vegetable juice concentrates. This boundary matters because these production environments differ in process flow, hygiene control, equipment needs, and the way finished products are handled.

What ‘classification and requirements’ means in practice

In general technical terms, a standard of this kind helps define the basic operational profile of a factory: how production areas are arranged, how work is separated into suitable zones, and what functional characteristics a beverage plant should have to support orderly production. In beverage manufacturing, raw material preparation, mixing, filling, packaging, and storage are distinct stages, and their arrangement depends on the product category. Here, ‘classification’ is not just a label; it is a way of distinguishing plant types by their technical purpose and production logic. The legal references listed with the standard also show its connection with public-health and licensing frameworks.

This TS 9094 edition has been withdrawn. Historically, however, it served as a framework for identifying and organising beverage production premises in Turkey, especially by separating carbonated and juice-based drink factories from fermentation-based beverage sites and concentrate plants.