Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 44 - STANDARDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS › Section 4-44-11 - Standards for frozen passion fruit nectar base

Current through June, 2024
(a) As
				used in this section:
"Fairly free from defects" means practically no seed or
				  portions of seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the
				  passion fruit nectar are not seriously affected by the presence of
				  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 nectar flows readily; is
				  not excessively thick; and contains not less than four per cent centrifuged
				  solids.
"Frozen passion fruit nectar base" is the undiluted,
				  unconcentrated, unfermented juice and pulp in natural proportions obtained from
				  the sound, mature, fresh fruit of the passion fruit vine (Passiflora edulis or
				  Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa or hybrids of these species), which fruit has
				  been properly washed and properly prepared; is packed with the addition of
				  non-liquid nutritive sweetening ingredients with or without the addition of
				  ascorbic acid or fruit acids, provided that not less than seventy-five per
				  cent, by weight, of the acidity of the frozen passion fruit nectar base 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 nectar
				  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 nectar 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 passion fruit nectar 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 ten and one-half degrees
				  nor more than fourteen degrees; the acid reading is not less than thirty-five
				  hundredths gram nor more than six-tenths gram per one hundred ml of prepared
				  nectar; and the brix to acid ratio is not less than nineteen to one nor more
				  than thirty-five to one.
"Practically free from defects" means no seeds or portions of
				  seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the nectar are not
				  more than slightly affected by the presence of 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 an area
				  of a circle one-sixteenth inch in diameter; and the mold count does not exceed
				  ten per cent.
"Prepared passion fruit nectar" means the passion fruit
				  nectar base 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 frozen passion fruit nectar base.
"Reasonably good flavor" means a fairly typical flavor of
				  passion fruit nectar 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 nine and one-half degrees nor more than fifteen degrees; the acid
				  reading is not less than three-tenths gram nor more than seven-tenths gram per
				  one hundred ml of prepared nectar; and the brix to acid ratio is not less than
				  seventeen to one nor more than forty to one.
"Very good color" means the color is bright and typical of
				  nectar prepared from freshly extracted passion fruit juice, and free from
				  browning or other abnormal color by any cause.
(b) Hawaii Grade A or Hawaii Fancy frozen
				passion fruit nectar base is the quality of frozen passion fruit nectar base
				which mixes readily into a passion fruit nectar that possesses the amount of
				pulp and cloud necessary to substantially reflect the appearance of a passion
				fruit nectar 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 nectar base is the quality of frozen passion fruit nectar base
				which mixes readily into a passion fruit nectar that possesses the amount of
				pulp and cloud necessary to reasonably reflect the appearance of passion fruit
				nectar prepared from freshly expressed passion fruit juice; that possesses good
				color, fairly good consistency, and a 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 nectar base is the quality of frozen passion
				fruit nectar base that fails to meet the requirements of subsections (b) and
				(c).
(e) The grade of frozen
				passion fruit nectar base shall be ascertained by considering both the factor
				of quality which is not scored (ease of mixing into passion fruit nectar) and
				those factors which are scored. The importance of each quality factor scored
				shall be expressed numerically on the scale of one hundred. The maximum number
				of points which may be given such quality factors shall be twenty points for
				color; twenty-five points for consistency; twenty points for absence of
				defects; and thirty-five points for flavor. The points score for each quality
				factor shall be determined immediately after the product has been prepared as
				passion fruit nectar. Frozen passion fruit nectar base 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 nectar base:
(1) Color classifications
				shall be as follows:
(A) Frozen passion fruit
				nectar base which possesses a very good color when prepared as a passion fruit
				nectar may be given a score of seventeen to twenty points and shall be
				classified as fancy;
(B) Frozen
				passion fruit nectar base which possesses a good color when prepared as a
				passion fruit nectar may be given a score of fourteen to sixteen points and
				shall be classified as choice; and
(C) Frozen passion fruit nectar base which
				fails to meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) when prepared as a
				passion fruit nectar may be given a score of zero to thirteen points and shall
				be classified as substandard;