Category/Orange juices
Orange juices (2619 products on 7 april 2023) contain juice from oranges (). EU legislation requires a minimum of 99% orange fraction.
The category has been subdivided in Squeezed orange juices, for juices that come straight from orange, and Orange juices from concentrate for juice that has been first dehydrated and later hydrated.
It might be necessary to create subcategories for Orange juices with pulp (what percentage?) and Orange juices from AOP Valencia oranges or from blood oranges.
Ingredients
The orange juices have the following ingredients.
Required ingredients
- orange (48%);
- orange pulp (3%);
- concentrated orange juice and water in the case of Orange juices from concentrate. The ingredient is often noted as Orange juice from concentrate (12%);
Optional ingredients
- Acerola juice;
- Ascorbic acid (E300);
- Calcium lactate (E327);
- Citric acid (E330);
- Flavouring;
- Tricalcium phosphate (E341iii);
- Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3);
- Folic acid;
- Folates (Vitamin B9);
Disallowed ingredients
- any other fruit;
- any sugars;
- any sweeteners;
Production process/labels
The most important labels:
Nutritional information
| 10% | 90% | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ/100ml) | 121 | 223 |
| Fat (%) | 0 | 0.5 |
| Saturated fat (%) | 0 | 0.1 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 7.6 | 11.6 |
| Sugars (%) | 5.4 | 11 |
| Fiber (%) | 0 | 0.5 |
| Proteins (%) | 0 | 0.8 |
| Salt (%) | 0 | 0.03 |
| Fruit (%) | 100 | 100 |
Nutriscore
Nutriscore B - C with nutritional values between -2 and -6.
Related categories
- When the product contains less than 99% Orange, it can be found under orange nectars.
- Products with less than 50% orange as only fruit can be found under orange-based beverages.
- Products that contain multiple other fruits can be put under Multifruit nectars of Multifruit juices.
Monitoring
The last clean up of the category has been done on 7 april 2023. For finding products that do not belong to this category, this search can be done.
References
- Blueberry juices in Mirabelle
- EU legislation