The 60-second sip
- Goli Pop Soda is sold wholesale in boxes of 24 or 6 glass bottles of 220 ml. A 40 ft container holds 44,400 bottles, and a loose order starts at 5,000 bottles of each flavour.
- It is a carbonated soft drink with added fibre, made in Surat, India, and it travels under customs heading 2202, usually 2202.10.
- Labels follow the market: a UK address in Britain, a language shoppers understand and an EU-based importer in the European Union, English in the United States, English and French in Canada, Arabic in the Gulf.
- With less than 2 g of sugar in 100 ml, it sits under the 5 g line at which the UK's levy and the UAE's sugar-based excise begin.
Who this guide is for
Importers, distributors, wholesalers and retail buyers looking at marble soda: those who already sell ramune and want a glass-bottled one from India, and those meeting the category for the first time. It sets out everything we can say in public. The rest, prices, lead times, shelf life, certificates and label files, comes from the export team once you have sent an enquiry.
The product, in a buyer's terms
| Goli Pop Soda | |
|---|---|
| Product | A carbonated soft drink with added fibre: India's goli soda, the marble soda |
| Pack | 220 ml (7.43 oz) glass Codd-neck bottle, sealed by a glass marble, with the opener in the cap |
| Flavours | Lemon Lime, Strawberry Lime, Blueberry Lime, Ginger Lime, Orange Crush, Dream Cream |
| In the bottle | 6 g of added fibre a bottle. Less than 2 g of total sugar, less than 1 g of added sugar and about 19 kcal in 100 ml (laboratory reports, June 2026) |
| On the label | “Added Fiber”, “Low Sugar” |
| Sweetened with | Monk fruit / stevia |
| Boxes | 24 bottles or 6 bottles a box |
| Container | 40 ft: 1,850 boxes of 24, or 7,400 boxes of 6 (44,400 bottles). The 20 ft container is not used |
| Minimum order | A loose order starts at 5,000 bottles of each flavour |
| Customs heading | 2202 (usually 2202.10): your broker confirms the full code |
| Origin | India. Made in Surat, Gujarat |
Boxes and the 40 ft container
Two box sizes, one container. The 40 ft container takes 1,850 boxes of 24 or 7,400 boxes of 6: 44,400 bottles either way. Orders smaller than a container are possible, from 5,000 bottles of each flavour. The planner below shows how the numbers work out; the export team confirms the mix for your order.
The container planner
100% of a 40 ft container
- 616 boxes
- of each flavour: 14,784 bottles
- 44,400
- bottles in all, in 1,850 boxes of 24
- Met
- the minimum of 5,000 bottles of each flavour
616 boxes of 24 for each of 3 flavours: 44,400 bottles, 100 per cent of a 40 ft container.
From enquiry to first shipment
Tell us who you are
The Pop Partner passport takes eight short steps: your country, your business, your channels, your volumes and the flavours you want.
We send the pack
The export team replies by email with the specification pack, and with what is open in your country.
Samples, labels and terms
Samples, labels for your market and commercial terms are settled before the first order.
The papers travel with it
Every shipment goes with the documents your customs broker needs to clear it.
Labels and import rules, market by market
Every market has its own rules for what goes on a label and what an importer must do first. These are the points buyers most often ask about, from each government's own guidance. They are a starting point, not legal advice: your customs broker and the local authority have the last word, and the export team prepares labels to your market's rules.
| Market | On the label | Before the first shipment |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Since 1 January 2024, a UK address for the food business, or for its importer based in the UK | Your broker confirms the commodity code and any checks |
| European Union | A language easily understood where it is sold. The business it is sold under, or its importer into the EU, is responsible for the label | The importer into the EU answers for the label |
| United States | English, for everything the law requires on the label | The facilities that make and hold the food registered with the FDA; prior notice of each shipment; a Foreign Supplier Verification Program run by the importer |
| Canada | The required information in English and French | A Safe Food for Canadians licence, held by the importer before the goods reach the border |
| Gulf states | Arabic; any other language alongside it, saying the same | Each country's food authority sets its own steps: your importer confirms them |
| Japan | To Japan's Food Labeling Act, applied by the importer | An import notification to the quarantine station at the port, for every shipment |
| Australia | English, with the name and business address of the supplier in Australia or New Zealand | The goods meet the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code when they arrive |
Sugar taxes: where the line falls
In the United Kingdom, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy applies only to drinks with at least 5 g of sugar in 100 ml. From 1 April 2026 the rates are £2.08 for every 10 litres from 5 g to under 8 g, and £2.78 from 8 g.
Since 1 January 2026, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have taxed sweetened drinks by their sugar, at the same two lines. In the UAE a drink with less than 5 g of sugar in 100 ml pays no excise; from 5 g it pays 0.79 dirhams a litre, and from 8 g, 1.09. The other Gulf states set their own dates.
- 5 g
- of sugar in 100 ml: where the UK levy and the UAE's excise begin
- < 2 g
- of total sugar in 100 ml of Goli Pop (laboratory report, June 2026)
Goli Pop's laboratory report of June 2026 found less than 2 g of total sugar in 100 ml, below the 5 g line in both systems. The export team shares the report with importers: in the Gulf, the certified sugar figure is what decides a drink's tier.
Keep it cool on the road
A sealed marble soda is a pressure vessel, and the pressure rises with the temperature: at 40 °C the gas inside presses on the marble nearly four times as hard as at 4 °C. That is why the storage advice on the specification is simple: cool, out of direct sunlight, and served chilled. Plan the route so that the containers do not stand for days in the sun at a port, and keep warehouse stock out of hot spots.