{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-112/annex-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-112/annex-V.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2001/112",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-112",
  "path": "annex/V",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "MINIMUM BRIX LEVELS FOR RECONSTITUTED FRUIT JUICE AND RECONSTITUTED FRUIT PURÉE\nFor those products marked with an asterisk (*), which are produced as a juice, a minimum relative density is determined as such in relation to water at 20/20 °C.\nFor those products marked with two asterisks (**), which are produced as a purée, only a minimum uncorrected Brix reading (without correction of acid) is determined.\nCommon Name of the Fruit\nBotanical Name\nMinimum Brix levels\nApple (*)\nMalus domestica Borkh.\n11,2\nApricot (**)\nPrunus armeniaca L.\n11,2\nBanana (**)\nMusa x paradisiaca L. (excluding plantains)\n21,0\nBlackcurrant (*)\nRibes nigrum L.\n11,0\nGrape (*)\nVitis vinifera L. or hybrids thereof\nVitis labrusca L. or hybrids thereof\n15,9\nGrapefruit (*)\nCitrus x paradisi Macfad.\n10,0\nGuava (**)\nPsidium guajava L.\n8,5\nLemon (*)\nCitrus limon (L.) Burm.f.\n8,0\nMango (**)\nMangifera indica L.\n13,5\nOrange (*)\nCitrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck\n11,2\nPassion Fruit (*)\nPassiflora edulis Sims\n12,0\nPeach (**)\nPrunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica\n10,0\nPear (**)\nPyrus communis L.\n11,9\nPineapple (*)\nAnanas comosus (L.) Merr.\n12,8\nRaspberry (*)\nRubus idaeus L.\n7,0\nSour Cherry (*)\nPrunus cerasus L.\n13,5\nStrawberry (*)\nFragaria x ananassa Duch.\n7,0\nTomato (*)\nLycopersicon esculentum , Mill.\n5,0\nMandarin (*)\nCitrus reticulata Blanco\n11,2",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2012/12/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2012 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/112/annex/V",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:57.731434+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}