Canned Grapefruit and Orange for Salads

Canned grapefruit and orange for salad, commonly known as canned citrus salad, is prepared from sound, mature grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macfadyen) and sound, mature oranges of the orange group (Citrus sinensis). The fruit ingredients have been washed, segmented or sliced, and cored; and seeds and major portions of tough membrane have been removed. The product is packed with a suitable packing media which may be water, fruit juice, nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners, artificial sweeteners, or any other safe and suitable ingredients permissible under the Federal Food, and Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The product is sufficiently processed by heat to assure preservation in hermetically or aseptically sealed containers.

Grades of Canned Grapefruit and Orange for Salads

  1. U.S. Grade A is the quality of canned grapefruit and orange for salad that:
    1. Has a drained weight of orange fruit is not less than 37-1/2 percent nor more than 60 percent of the drained weight of the product;
    2. Has an average drained weight of not less than 53 percent of water capacity of the container, of which not less than 65 percent by weight of each fruit ingredient consists of practically whole units;
    3. Has a good color;
    4. Is practically free from defects;
    5. Has a good character;
    6. Has a good flavor and odor; and
    7. Scores not less than 90 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart. 
  2. U.S. Grade B is the quality of canned grapefruit and orange for salad that:
    1. Has a drained weight of orange fruit that is not less than 32-1/2 percent nor more than 60 percent of the drained weight of the product;
    2. Has an average drained weight of not less than 53 percent of the water capacity of the container, of which not less than 50 percent by weight of each fruit ingredient consists of practically whole units;
    3. Has a reasonably good color;
    4. Is reasonably free from defects;
    5. Has a reasonably good character;
    6. Has a reasonably good flavor and odor; and
    7. Scores not less than 80 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
  3. U.S. Broken is the quality of canned grapefruit and orange for salad that:
    1. Has a drained weight of orange fruit that is not less than 32-1/2 percent nor more than 60 percent of the drained weight of the product;
    2. Has an average drained weight of not less than 53 percent of the water capacity of the container, of which not less than 50 percent by weight of each fruit ingredient consists of practically whole units;
    3. Has a reasonably good color;
    4. Is reasonably free from defects;
    5. Has a reasonably good character;
    6. Has a reasonably good flavor and odor; and
    7. Scores not less than 70 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart. 
  4. Substandard is the quality of canned grapefruit and orange for salad that fails to meet the requirements of U. S. Grade B and U. S. Broken.

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