Category/Pear nectars
Pear nectars contain juice from pears (wikipedia). EU legislation requires a minimum of 50% pear fraction and a maximum of 99%.
The category has been subdivided in Squeezed pear nectars, for nectars that use pear juice, and pear nectars from concentrate for juice that has been first dehydrated and later hydrated.
It might be possible to create a subdivision based on the pear variety (esp. Williams).
Ingredients
Required ingredients
- pear
- concentrated pear nectars and water in the case of pear nectars from concentrate. The ingredient is often noted as pear juice from concentrate.
- water as these are diluted pear juices;
- added sugar or sweetener, which are inevitable for nectars;
Optional ingredients
Disallowed ingredients
- any other fruit
Production process/labels
The most important labels:
Nutritional information
| 10% | 90% | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ/100ml) | 188 | 265 |
| Fat (%) | 0 | 0.5 |
| Saturated fat (%) | 0 | 0.1 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 10.7 | 15 |
| Sugars (%) | 9.9 | 14,6 |
| Fiber (%) | 0 | 1.6 |
| Proteins (%) | 0 | 0.5 |
| Salt (%) | 0 | 0.03 |
| Fruit (%) | 50 | 50 |
Nutriscore
Nutriscore E with nutritional values between 10 and 20.
Related categories
- When the product contains more than 99% pear, it can be found under pear juices.
- Products with less than 50% pear as only fruit can be found under pear-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 26 march 2023. For finding products that do not belong to this category, pear-nectars%25%22+and+ingredients_tags+not+like+%22%25en%3A pear%25%22 this search can be done.
References
- Pear nectars in pear-nectars%25%22 Mirabelle
- EU legislation
- Wikipedia