How are spices, natural flavors or artificial flavors declared in ingredient lists?
These may be declared in ingredient lists by using either specific common or usual names or by using the declarations “spices,” “flavor” or “natural flavor,” or “artificial flavor.” “INGREDIENTS: Apple Slices, Water, Cane Syrup, Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Spices, Salt, Natural Flavor and Artificial Flavor” 21 CFR 101.22(h)(1) • If fruit is canned in juice from concentrate, does the water used to reconstitute the juice have to be declared? Answer: Yes. The reconstituted juice in which the fruit is canned is prepared from juice concentrate and water, thus both ingredients have to be declared. • Can juice concentrates be grouped in the ingredient statement (e.g., Fruit Juice Concentrates (grape, apple, cherry))? Answer: 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: Wat
