[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR146.146]
[Page 451-452]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 146 CANNED FRUIT JUICES--Table of Contents
Subpart B Requirements for Specific Standardized Canned Fruit Juices and
Beverages
Sec. 146.146 Frozen concentrated orange juice.
(a) Frozen concentrated orange juice is the food prepared by
removing water from the juice of mature oranges as provided in Sec.
146.135, to which may be added unfermented juice obtained from mature
oranges of the species Citrus reticulata, other Citrus reticulata
hybrids, or of Citrus aurantium, or both. However, in the unconcentrated
blend, the volume of juice from Citrus reticulata or Citrus reticulata
hybrids shall not exceed 10 percent (except that this limitation shall
not apply to the hybrid species described in Sec. 146.135) and from
Citrus aurantium shall not exceed 5 percent. The concentrate so obtained
is frozen. In its preparation, seeds (except embryonic seeds and small
fragments of seeds that cannot be separated by good manufacturing
practice) and excess pulp are removed, and a properly prepared water
extract of the excess pulp so removed may be added. Orange oil, orange
pulp, orange essence (obtained from orange juice), orange juice and
other orange juice concentrate as provided in this section or
concentrated orange juice for manufacturing provided in Sec. 146.153
(when made from mature oranges), water, and one or more of the optional
sweetening ingredients specified in paragraph (b) of this section may be
added to adjust the final composition. The juice of Citrus reticulata
and Citrus aurantium, as permitted by this paragraph, may be added in
single strength or concentrated form prior to concentration of the
Citrus sinensis juice, or in concentrated form during adjustment of the
composition of the finished food. The addition of concentrated juice
from Citrus reticulata or Citrus aurantium, or both, shall not exceed,
on a single-strength basis, the 10 percent maximum for Citrus reticulata
and the 5 percent maximum for Citrus aurantium prescribed by this
paragraph. Any of the ingredients of the finished concentrate may have
been so treated by heat as to reduce substantially the enzymatic
activity and the number of viable microorganisms. The finished food is
of such concentration that when diluted according to label directions
the diluted article will contain not less than 11.8 percent by weight of
orange juice soluble solids, exclusive of the solids of any added
optional sweetening ingredients. The dilution ratio shall be not less
than 3 plus 1. For the purposes of this section and Sec. 146.150, the
term ``dilution ratio'' means the whole number of volumes of water per
volume of frozen concentrate required to produce orange juice from
concentrate having orange juice soluble solids of not less than 11.8
percent by weight exclusive of the solids of any added optional
sweetening ingredients.
(b) The optional sweetening ingredients referred to in paragraph (a)
of this section are sugar, sugar sirup, invert sugar, invert sugar
sirup, dextrose, corn sirup, dried corn sirup, glucose sirup, and dried
glucose sirup.
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(c) If one or more of the sweetening ingredients specified in
paragraph (b) of this section are added to the frozen concentrated
orange juice, the label shall bear the statement ``------ added'', the
blank being filled in with the name or an appropriate combination of
names of the sweetening ingredients used. However, for the purpose of
this section, the name ``sweetener'' may be used in lieu of the specific
name or names of the sweetening ingredients.
(d) The name of the food concentrated to a dilution ratio of 3 plus
1 is ``frozen concentrated orange juice'' or ``frozen orange juice
concentrate''. The name of the food concentrated to a dilution ratio
greater than 3 plus 1 is ``frozen concentrated orange juice, ------ plus
1'' or ``frozen orange juice concentrate, ------ plus 1'', the blank
being filled in with the whole number showing the dilution ratio; for
example, ``frozen orange juice concentrate, 4 plus 1''. However, where
the label bears directions for making 1 quart of orange juice from
concentrate (or multiples of a quart), the blank in the name may be
filled in with a mixed number; for example, ``frozen orange juice
concentrate, 4\1/3\ plus 1''. For containers larger than 1 pint, the
dilution ratio in the name may be replaced by the concentration of
orange juice soluble solids in degrees Brix; for example, a 62[deg] Brix
concentrate in 3\1/2\-gallon cans may be named on the label ``frozen
concentrated orange juice, 62[deg] Brix''.
(e) Wherever the name of the food appears on the label so
conspicuously as to be easily seen under customary conditions of
purchase, the statements specified in this section for naming the
optional ingredients used shall immediately and conspicuously precede or
follow the name of the food, without intervening written, printed, or
graphic matter.
(f) Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with the
adoption and enforcement by any State, in regulating the production of
frozen concentrated orange juice in such State, of State standards,
consistent with this section, but which impose higher or more
restrictive requirements than those set forth in this section.
(g) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.
[42 FR 14433, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 57 FR 57667, Dec. 7, 1992; 58
FR 2881, Jan. 6, 1993]
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