Category/Pineapple juices

Pineapple juices contain pulp and juice from pineapples (Ananas Macrodontes). Some pineapple juices are made from specific varieties, like Comosus, Gold, Queen Tahiti Victoria. EU legislation requires a minimum of 99% pineapple fraction.

The category has been subdivided in Squeezed pineapple juices, for juices that come straight from the pineapple, and Pineapple juices from concentrate for juice that has been first dehydrated and later hydrated.

Ingredients

Required ingredients

• pineapple
• concentrated pineapple juice and water in the case of Pineapple juices from concentrate. The ingredient is often noted as pineapple juice from concentrate.

Optional ingredients

Some popular additional ingredients:

• vitamin C for extra vitamins or as a preservative
• acids (E330)
• pectine (E440a)

Disallowed ingredients

• any other fruit

Production process/labels

The most important labels (>10%)

• organic
• no preservatives
• no colorings

Nutritional information

The nutritional values between the 10% and 90% percentiles:

• Energy: 1776-233 kJ/100ml
• Fat: < 0.5%
• Saturated fat: < 0.1%
• Carbohydrates:10-13.65%
• Sugars:9.2-12.4%
• Fiber: 0.5%
• Proteins: 0.4%
• Salt: < 0.01%
• Fruit percentage: > 99% (by definition)

Nutriscore

Nutriscore C or D.

Related categories

• When the product contains less than 99% Pineapple, it can be found under Pineapple nectars.
• Products with less than 50% pineapple as only fruit can be found under Pineapple-based beverages.
• Products that contain multiple other fruits can be put under Multifruit nectars of Multifruit juices.

References

• Pineapple juices in Mirabelle
• EU legislation
• Wikipedia