Thermally Processed Tomato Puree And Paste
1.Thermally Processed Concentrated Fruit / Vegetable Juice Pulp/ Puree
(Canned, Bottled, Flexible Pack And/ Or Aseptically Packed) means the
unfermented product which is capable of fermentation, obtained from the juice or
pulp or puree of sound, ripe fruit(s) / vegetable(s), from which water has been
removed to the extent that the product has a total soluble content of not less
than double the content of the original juice/ pulp/ puree prescribed vide in
regulation 2.3.6 and 2.3.7. Natural volatile components may be restored to the
concentrates where these have been removed. It may be pulpy, turbid or clear
and preserved by heat, in an appropriate manner, before or after being sealed
in a container, so as to prevent spoilage.
2.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