FRUIT JUICES

High class fruit juices are simply the expressed juices of ripe fruits, sterilized before fermentation has commenced and carefully bottled. Among the most popular types are grape juice, lime juice and unfermented cider (apple juice), which are treated under their respective headings. If the fruits are sound and the process of manufacture carefully controlled, no preservatives of any kind are needed.

The addition of sugar is permissible and also carbon-dioxide for carbonated fruit beverages, but if alcohol, preservatives or coloring matter are added, the label should disclose the fact.