About Juice

Fruit juices are a well-defined type of product, regulated by a Presidential Decree of 1982 and subsequent Ministerial Decrees (1992 and 1996). It is important that consumers know exactly the meaning of the terms listed on the packaging, as designating classes of very different products. A product we can define the terms "juice" must consist of 100% fruit, and can optionally provide for the addition of sugar. In the case of concentrated or dehydrated, the water contained in the juice is removed. If you add the sugar, the law provides that it is explicitly indicated by the words "sweet" adjacent to the denomination. The maximum amount of sugar added as permitted by law is 100 g per liter (200 g in the juice of raspberry, black currant and lemon). The term "juice" applies only to indicate the citrus and citrus juice, again with or without sugar added. Similar to other types of
fruit juice is the nectar of fruit, in which the fruit falls to 50%, to which are added sugar and water. The minimum percentage of fruit used (a minimum of actual fruit juice) should appear with the words "fruit XX% minimum". There are also non-alcoholic beverages fruit, oranges and soft drinks, where the percentage of fruit juice drops to 12%. If it is below 12%, is spoken even flavored drink ... It is clear that, wanting to keep the intake of fruit, the products are nutritionally the most interesting fruit juices and nectars and fruit drinks or flavored ... are little more than sweetened water and type are more similar to the drink (covered in another category, the drinks).
In this article, then identify three types of products: fruit juices without added sugar, fruit juices with added sugar and fruit nectars.