Squashes, Crushes, Fruit Syrups/Fruit Sharbats and Barley Water
Squashes, Crushes, Fruit Syrups/Fruit Sharbats and Barley Water means the product
prepared from unfermented but fermentable fruit juice/puree or concentrate clear or
cloudy, obtained from any suitable fruit or several fruits by blending it with
nutritive sweeteners, water and with or without salt, aromatic herbs, peel oil
and any other ingredients suitable to the products.
1.Cordial means a clear product free from any cellular matter, obtained by blending unfermented but
fermentable clarified fruit juice with nutritive sweeteners & water with or without salt and peel oil and
any other ingredients suitable to the products.
2.Barley water means the product prepared from unfermented but fermentable fruit juice by blending it with
nutritive sweeteners, water with or without salt and peel oil and barley starch not less than 0.25 percent
and any other ingredient suittable to the product.
3.The product may contain food additives permitted in these regulations including Appendix A. The product
shall conform to the microbiological requirements given in Appendix B. The product shall comply with the
following requirements:—
Name of the products | Min (%) of fruit juice/ puree in the final product | Total Soluble Solids Min (%) | Acidity expressed as Citric Acid Max (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Squash | 25 | 40 | 3.5 |
Crush | 25 | 55 | 3.5 |
Fruit Syrup/Fruit Sharbats | 25 | 65 | 3.5 |
Cordial | 25 | 30 | 3.5 |
Barley Water | 25 | 30 | 2.5 |
5.The container shall be well filled with the product and shall occupy not less than 90.0 percent of the water capacity of the container, when packed in the rigid containers. The water capacity of the container is the volume of distilled water at 20ºC which the sealed container is capable of holding when completely filled.