Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 44 - STANDARDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS › Section 4-44-5 - Standards for frozen guava puree

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section:
"Absence of defects" means the degree of freedom from seeds
				  or portions of seeds, harmless extraneous material, grittiness caused by stone
				  cells, objectionable material, and other defects not specifically mentioned
				  that affect the appearance or drinking quality of the product.
"Acid" means grams of acid, calculated as anhydrous citric
				  acid, per one hundred ml of the prepared drink as determined by titration with
				  sodium hydroxide solution using phenolphthalein and methylene blue as
				  indicators.
"Common guava puree" means puree made from the fruit of the
				  Psidium guajava plant, or a mixture of fruits from the Psidium guajava and
				  Psidium cattleianum plants of which mixture not less than seventy-five per cent
				  shall be the fruit from the Psidium guajava plant.
"Fairly free from defects" means practically no seeds or
				  portions of seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the guava
				  drink is not seriously affected by the presence of grittiness, dark specks,
				  other objectionable material, any other defect not specifically mentioned, or
				  any combination of these defects; the stone cell count does not exceed seventy
				  when centrifuged solids do not exceed thirty-five per cent and does not exceed
				  seventy by more than two per cent for each one per cent that the centrifuged
				  solids exceed thirty-five per cent; the mold count does not exceed fifteen per
				  cent; and 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
				  three-sixteenths inch in diameter.
"Fairly good consistency" means the drink flows readily; is
				  not excessively thick; unless specified as cultivated variety, has sufficient
				  viscosity so that the viscometer reading is not less than twenty-eight seconds
				  at twenty-five degrees celsius; and contains not less than twenty-seven per
				  cent centrifuged solids. For a cultivated variety, the viscometer reading shall
				  be not less than twenty-five seconds at twenty-five degrees celsius and
				  centrifuged solids not less than twenty-three per cent.
"Frozen guava puree" is the undiluted, unconcentrated,
				  unfermented juice and pulp in natural proportions obtained from the sound,
				  mature, fresh, and properly washed fruit of the Psidium guajava or Psidium
				  cattleianum guava plant, packed with or without the addition of certified food
				  coloring, fruit acids, or ascorbic acid; processed in accordance with good
				  commercial practice; and frozen and maintained at temperatures sufficient for
				  the preservation of the product.
"Good color" means the color is typical of a drink prepared
				  from freshly extracted guava puree, or typical of artificially colored guava
				  drink, 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; unless specified as cultivated
				  variety, has sufficient viscosity so that the viscometer reading is not less
				  than thirty seconds at twenty-five degrees celsius; and contains not less than
				  thirty-two per cent centrifuged solids. For a cultivated variety, the viscosity
				  reading shall be not less than twenty-eight seconds at twenty-five degrees
				  celsius and centrifuged solids not less than twenty-six per cent.
"Good flavor" means the prepared guava drink has a fine,
				  distinct flavor substantially typical of a guava drink prepared from freshly
				  expressed guava puree and the flavor is free from bitter, oxidized, immature
				  fruit, or other off-flavors; the soluble solids reading is not less than seven
				  degrees for the filtrate; and the acid reading is not less than two-tenths gram
				  nor more than forty-five one-hundredth gram per one hundred grams of prepared
				  guava drink. For a cultivated variety, the guava puree shall have a soluble
				  solids reading of not less than six degrees for the filtrate.
"Practically free from defects" means the prepared guava
				  drink contains no seeds or portions of seeds; the drinking quality and
				  appearance of the prepared drink is not more than slightly affected by the
				  presence of grittiness, dark specks, harmless extraneous material, other
				  objectionable material, any other defect not specifically mentioned, or any
				  combination of these defects; the stone cell count does not exceed forty-five
				  when centrifuged solids do not exceed thirty-five per cent and does not exceed
				  forty-five by more than one per cent for each one per cent that the centrifuged
				  solids exceed thirty-five per cent; the mold count does not exceed fifteen per
				  cent; and 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.
"Prepared guava drink" means the drink prepared by diluting
				  guava puree with water based on the manufacturer's directions or label
				  specifications, or by the addition of two and one-half volumes of water to one
				  volume of puree.
"Reasonably good color" means the color is fairly typical of
				  a drink prepared from freshly extracted guava puree, or fairly typical of an
				  artificially colored guava drink, and free from browning or other abnormal
				  color by any cause.
"Reasonably good flavor" means the prepared guava drink has a
				  flavor fairly typical of a guava drink prepared from freshly expressed guava
				  puree and the flavor is practically free from bitter, oxidized, immature fruit,
				  or other off-flavors and free from abnormal flavors of any kind; the soluble
				  solids reading is not less than six and one-half degrees for the filtrate; and
				  the acid reading is not less than two-tenths gram nor more than fifty-five
				  one-hundredth gram per one hundred grams of prepared guava drink. For a
				  cultivated variety, the guava puree shall meet a soluble solids reading of not
				  less than five and five-tenths degrees for the filtrate.
"Strawberry guava puree" means puree made from the fruit of
				  the Psidium cattleianum guava tree.
(b) Types of frozen guava puree are:
(1) Common guava puree; and
(2) Strawberry guava puree.