Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 44 - STANDARDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS › Section 4-44-10 - Standards for frozen passion fruit juice

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section:
"Fairly free from defects" means no seeds or portions of
				  seeds are present; the appearance and drinking quality of the passion fruit
				  drink are not seriously affected by the presence of dark specks, other
				  objectionable material, harmless extraneous material, any other defect not
				  specifically mentioned, or any combination of these defects; the aggregate area
				  of any black or brown deposit at the bottom of the centrifuge tube after
				  centrifuging does not exceed the area of a circle two-sixteenths inch in
				  diameter; and the mold count does not exceed ten per cent.
"Fairly good consistency" means the drink flows readily; is
				  not excessively thick; and contains not less than four per cent centrifuged
				  solids.
"Frozen passion fruit juice" is the undiluted,
				  unconcentrated, unfermented juice and pulp obtained from the sound, mature,
				  fresh fruits of the passion fruit vine (Passiflora edulis or Passiflora edulis
				  f. flavicarpa or hybrids of these species) which fruit has been properly washed
				  and prepared; is packed with or without the addition of ascorbic acid or fruit
				  acids, provided not less than seventy-five per cent, by weight, of the acidity
				  in the frozen fruit juice is derived from the pulp and juice of the passion
				  fruit; is processed in accordance with good commercial practice; and is frozen
				  and maintained at temperatures sufficient for the preservation of the
				  product.
"Good color" means the color is fairly typical of a drink
				  prepared from freshly extracted passion fruit juice; not dark or discolored;
				  and free from browning or other abnormal color by any cause.
"Good consistency" means the prepared drink flows readily;
				  shows very little or no tendency to separate; and contains not less than six
				  per cent centrifuged solids.
"Good flavor" means a fine, distinct, and substantially
				  typical flavor of a passion fruit drink prepared from freshly expressed passion
				  fruit juice and the flavor is free from bitter, oxidized, immature fruit, or
				  other off-flavors; the brix reading is not less than twelve degrees; and the
				  acid reading is not less than three and two-tenths gram per one hundred grams
				  of juice.
"Passion fruit drink" means the passion fruit juice is
				  diluted with water based on the manufacturer's directions or label
				  specifications, or by the addition of four volumes of potable water to one
				  volume of passion fruit juice.
"Practically free from defects" means no seeds or portions of
				  seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the prepared drink
				  are not more than slightly affected by the presence of dark specks, harmless
				  extraneous material, any other defect not specifically mentioned, or any
				  combination of these defects; the aggregate area of any black or brown deposit
				  at the bottom of the centrifuge tube after centrifuging does not exceed an area
				  of a circle one-sixteenth inch in diameter; and the mold count does not exceed
				  ten per cent.
"Reasonably good flavor" means fairly typical flavor of a
				  passion fruit drink prepared from freshly expressed passion fruit juice and the
				  flavor is practically free from bitter, oxidized, immature fruit, or other
				  off-flavors and free from abnormal flavors of any kind; the brix reading is not
				  less than eleven degrees; and the acid reading is not less than three grams per
				  one hundred grams of juice.
"Very good color" means a good, bright, characteristic color
				  that reflects the appearance of a passion fruit drink prepared from freshly
				  expressed passion fruit juice and that is free from browning or other abnormal
				  color by any cause.
(b)
				Hawaii Grade A or Hawaii Fancy frozen passion fruit juice is the quality of
				frozen passion fruit juice which mixes readily into a passion fruit drink that
				possesses the amount of pulp and cloud necessary to substantially reflect the
				appearance of a passion fruit drink prepared from freshly expressed passion
				fruit juice; that possesses a very good color, good consistency, and good
				flavor; and that is practically free from defects and scores not less than
				eighty-five points by the scoring system in subsection (e).
(c) Hawaii Grade B or Hawaii Choice frozen
				passion fruit juice is the quality of frozen passion fruit juice which mixes
				readily into a passion fruit drink that possesses the amount of pulp and cloud
				necessary to reasonably reflect the appearance of a passion fruit drink
				prepared from freshly expressed passion fruit juice; that possesses a good
				color, fairly good consistency, and reasonably good flavor; and that is fairly
				free from defects and scores not less than seventy points by the scoring system
				in subsection (e).
(d) Substandard
				frozen passion fruit juice is the quality of frozen passion fruit juice that
				fails to meet the requirements of subsections (b) and (c).
(e) The grade of frozen passion fruit juice
				shall be ascertained by considering both the factor of quality which is not
				scored (ease of mixing into passion fruit nectar) and the quality factors which
				are scored. The importance of each quality factor which is scored shall be
				expressed numerically on the scale of one hundred. The maximum number of points
				which may be given to specific quality factors shall be twenty points for
				color; twenty-five points for consistency; twenty points for defects; and
				thirty-five points for flavor. The points score for each quality factor shall
				be determined before or immediately after the product has been prepared as a
				passion fruit drink. Frozen passion fruit juice which falls into a particular
				classification for any quality factor shall not be assigned a grade indicative
				of a higher classification regardless of the total score for the product. The
				following quality classifications shall apply to frozen passion fruit juice:
(1) Color classifications shall be as
				follows:
(A) Frozen passion fruit juice which
				possesses a very good color when prepared as a passion fruit drink may be given
				a score of seventeen to twenty points and shall be classified as
				fancy;
(B) Frozen passion fruit
				juice which possesses a good color when prepared as a passion fruit drink may
				be given a score of fourteen to sixteen points and shall be classified as
				choice; and
(C) Frozen passion
				fruit juice which fails to meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
				when prepared as a passion fruit drink may be given a score of zero to thirteen
				points and shall be classified as substandard;