Can "juice from concentrate" be diluted 100% juice? [duplicate]
If products labelled as juice from concentrate is just water added to concentrated juice, and concentrated juice is 100% juice with water removed, can juice from concentrate have more water added than previously removed and effectively be diluted juice (compared to the original 100% juice)? Or is there a legal requirement for producers to add the same amount of water that was removed?
Are typical "juice from concentrate" products sold in stores equivalent to 100% juice (ignoring the removal and readdition of water), or could they dilute it and still sell it?
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As you have a Canadian website in your user profile, I assume you are asking about the legal requirements in Canada.
Canada's Food and Drug Regulations state the following (emphasis mine):
B.11.133 [S]. Reconstituted (naming the fruit) Juice or (naming the fruit) Juice from Concentrate
(a) shall be fruit juice that has been prepared by the addition of water to fruit juice of the same name from which water has been removed;
(b) may contain juice of the same name, a sweetening ingredient, and natural pulp, oils and esters of the named fruit;
(c) shall conform to the standards for the named fruit juices as prescribed in this Division; and
(d) may contain, in the case of reconstituted lemon or lime juice, not more than 10 parts per million dimethylpolysiloxane.
Thus, it is not explicitly illegal to add more water to the concentrate than you removed from the original juice, as long as the resulting product would be marketable as "juice". The rules for that differ per fruit, but see for example the definition of orange juice. Mostly, constraints are placed on which compounds can be present in the product at which concentrations.
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Most concentrates are filtered, evaporated, and pasteurized, but some may also include additives (1). Juice concentrates are sold at room temperature or frozen and meant to be diluted in filtered water before consumption (1, 2).Is 100% juice from concentrate 100% juice?
What is Juice from Concentrate? The juice from concentrate is really juice from the real fruit. The only difference is that it was processed i.e. its water content was evaporated after extracting it from the real fruit (e.g Orange or Lemon) and then dried up to make a powder.What does 100 percent juice from concentrate mean?
\u201cFrom concentrate\u201d means water was removed initially and then re-added to the concentrate. \u201cFlash pasteurized\u201d means a process was used to heat the juice and kill bacteria, giving the product a longer shelf life. \u201cRaw\u201d means, essentially, \u201cfreshly squeezed.\u201d It has not been heated, pasteurized or processed in any way.What does 100 not from concentrate mean?
"Not From Concentrate" means the juice you've purchased has zero water added and has not been reconstituted in any way. Most of the time, manufacturers will pasteurize non-concentrated juice and may add a bit of the peel for the actual fruit to enhance flavor. YouTube, How It's Made.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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