Frozen Peaches Grades and Standards

Grades of Frozen Peaches

  1. U.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy is the quality of frozen peaches that (1) possess similar varietal characteristics, (2) have a normal flavor, (3) have a good color, (4) are practically uniform or reasonably uniform in size and symmetry for the applicable style, (5) are practically free from defects, (6) possess a good character within one of the following categories: I, soft-ripe fruit or II, firm-ripe fruit, and (7) score not less than 90 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
  2. U.S. Grade B or U.S. Choice is the quality of frozen peaches that (1) possess similar varietal characteristics, (2) have a normal flavor, (3) have a reasonably good color, (4) are reasonably uniform, or fairly uniform, in size and symmetry for the applicable style, (5) are reasonably free from defects, (6) possess a reasonably good character within one of the following categories: I, soft-ripe fruit or II, firm-ripe fruit, and (7) score not less than 80 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
  3. U.S. Grade C or U.S. Standard is the quality of frozen peaches that (1) possess similar varietal characteristics, (2) have a normal flavor, (3) have a fairly good color, (4) are fairly uniform in size and symmetry for the applicable style, (5) are fairly free from defects, (6) possess a fairly good character within one of the following categories: I, soft-ripe fruit, II, firm-ripe fruit, or III, mixed soft-ripe and firm-ripe fruit, and (7) score not less than 70 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
  4. Substandard is the quality of frozen peaches that fail to meet the requirements of U.S. Grade C.

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