Can juice concentrates be grouped in the ingredient statement (e.g., Fruit Juice Concentrates (grape, apple, cherry))?
No. “Fruit juice concentrates” is not established as a common or usual name, nor is it established as an appropriate collective name for a variety of different concentrated fruit juices. • When do you declare water as an ingredient in tomato concentrate? Answer: Water that is added to adjust the Brix level of the standardized food within the permitted range of soluble solids (e.g., water used to adjust a Brix of 28° to 24° in tomato paste, or to adjust a Brix of 16° to 10° in tomato puree) does not have to be declared. However, water added to tomato paste (Brix of 24° ) to make a product with a Brix of 16° (tomato puree) would have to be declared. • Can tomato paste, tomato puree, and tomato concentrate be used interchangeably in the ingredient statement? Answer: Tomato paste and tomato puree are different foods based on the amount of soluble solids present in the product, and thus, the names can not be used interchangeably in the ingredient statement. However, the term “tomato concent
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