Cranberry juice

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Standards/Regulations

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Regulations in Canada

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For Canadian markets, cranberry juice is regulated as a processed product under fruit juices.[1] Cranberry juice must be made from sound, clean, and ripe cranberries. One or more of the following dry sweetening ingredients may be added: sugar, invert sugar, and dextrose.[1][2] According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the common name of this product may appear as “cranberry juice drink/cooler” if at least 25% of the named juice is contained within the net quantity of the product.[3]

Regulations in the United States

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For US markets, cranberry juice from concentrate is a blended mixture of cranberry juice or cranberry juice concentrate, water, sweeteners, and ascorbic acid.[4][5] The cranberry juice or concentrate in the mixture must be produced from clean, sound, mature, well-colored, and washed, fresh or frozen cranberries (Vaccinium Macrocarpon).[4][5] One or more of the following sweetening ingredients may be added: sucrose, liquid sugar, invert sugar syrup, or high fructose corn syrup (40% or greater).[4][5] The use of food additives (color, flavours, or acids) into cranberry juice depends on the percentage of cranberry juice or concentrate by volume.[4] Cranberry juice mixtures with 25% or 27% contain none of the mentioned additives, except for ascorbic acid. Cranberry juice mixtures with 22% contain no added color or flavors, but citric acid may be added. Cranberry juice mixtures with 20% may contain color, flavors, and citric acid.[4] The finished cranberry juice from concentrate product should yield a minimum of one one part cranberry juice concentrate to three parts water with a minimum Brix level of 12°.[4][5] Additionally, each cranberry juice product should be fortified with Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), with each serving size delivering not less than 100% of the current US Referenced Daily Intake.[4][5] The minimum titratable acidity of the cranberry juice product must be 1.67% wt/wt, measured as citric acid.[5]

  1. ^ a b Branch, Legislative Services. "Consolidated federal laws of canada, Processed Products Regulations". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. ^ Branch, Legislative Services. "Consolidated federal laws of canada, Processed Products Regulations". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. ^ Directorate, Government of Canada,Canadian Food Inspection Agency,Food Labelling and Claims. "Juice and Juice Products". www.inspection.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Commercial Item Description: Cranberry Juice Cocktail" (PDF). US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Commodity Specification - Bottled Juices" (PDF). US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)