Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 44 - STANDARDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS › Section 4-44-9 - Standards for canned passion fruit nectar

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section:
"Canned passion fruit nectar" is the diluted, unfermented
				  juice and pulp 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 juice and pulp may have been preserved by freezing or
				  chilling, and which fruit has been properly comminuted; is packed with the
				  addition of potable water and of nutritive sweetening ingredients with or
				  without the addition of fruit acids or ascorbic acid, provided that at least
				  one-sixth, by weight, of the nectar consists of passion fruit juice and pulp in
				  natural proportions; and is sufficiently processed by heat or other approved
				  method to assure preservation of the product in hermetically sealed
				  containers.
"Fairly free from defects" means practically no seeds or
				  portions of seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the
				  nectar are not seriously affected by the presence of objectionable material,
				  harmless extraneous materials, 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; shows no more than a slight coagulation; and contains
				  not less than four per cent centrifuged solids.
"Good color" means the color of the nectar is fairly bright
				  and yellow; fairly typical of nectar prepared from freshly extracted passion
				  fruit juice and pulp; and not excessively dull or brown colored or seriously
				  off-color from any cause.
"Good consistency" means the nectar flows readily; shows very
				  little or no tendency to separate; shows no coagulation; and contains not less
				  than six per cent centrifuged solids.
"Good flavor" means a fine, distinct canned passion fruit
				  nectar flavor which is free from bitter, oxidized, immature fruit, woody, or
				  other off-flavors and the brix reading is not less than ten degrees; the acid
				  reading is not less than four-tenths gram per one hundred ml of nectar; and the
				  brix to acid ratio is not more than thirty-five to one.
"Practically free from defects" means the nectar contains no
				  seeds or portions of seeds; the appearance and drinking quality of the nectar
				  is not materially affected by the presence of objectionable material, harmless
				  extraneous material, any other defect not specifically mentioned, or any
				  combination of these defects; the mold count does not exceed ten per cent; and
				  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.
"Reasonably good flavor" means a fairly typical flavor of
				  canned passion fruit nectar which is practically free from marked bitter,
				  oxidized, immature fruit, woody, or other off-flavors of any kind and the brix
				  reading is not less than nine and one-half degrees; the acid reading is not
				  less than thirty-five hundredths gram per one hundred ml of nectar; and the
				  brix to acid ratio is not more than forty-five to one.
"Very good color" means that the color of the canned passion
				  fruit nectar is typical of nectar prepared from freshly extracted passion fruit
				  juice and pulp; i.e., it is bright, a good yellow in color, and free from
				  browning or other abnormal color by any cause.
(b) Hawaii Grade A or Hawaii Fancy canned
				passion fruit nectar is the quality of canned passion fruit nectar that
				possesses a very good color, good flavor, and good consistency; 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 C or Hawaii Standard canned
				passion fruit nectar is the quality of canned passion fruit nectar that
				possesses a good color, reasonably good flavor, and fairly good consistency;
				and that is fairly free from defects and scores not less than seventy points by
				the scoring system in subsection (e).
(d) Substandard canned passion fruit nectar
				is the quality of canned passion fruit nectar that fails to meet the
				requirements of subsections (b) and (c).
(e) The grade of canned passion fruit nectar
				shall be ascertained by considering the factors of quality. 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 fifteen points for color; twenty-five points for
				consistency; twenty-five points for absence of defects; and thirty-five points
				for flavor. Canned passion fruit nectar 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 canned passion fruit nectar:
(1) Color classifications shall be as
				follows:
(A) Canned passion fruit nectar that
				possesses very good color may be given a score of thirteen to fifteen points
				and shall be classified as fancy;
(B) Canned passion fruit nectar that
				possesses good color may be given a score of eleven or twelve points and shall
				be classified as standard; and
(C)
				Canned passion fruit nectar that fails to meet the requirements of
				subparagraphs (A) and (B) may be given a score of zero to ten points and shall
				be classified as substandard;