{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fruit-juices-and-fruit-nectars-england-wales-and-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1284",
  "legislation_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England, Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fruit-juices-and-fruit-nectars-england-wales-and-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "NEW SCHEDULE 1 TO THE FRUIT JUICES AND FRUIT NECTARS REGULATIONS 1977",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nMINIMUM QUANTITY OF ACID AND JUICE OR PUREE OR BOTH REQUIRED IN FRUIT NECTAR\nRegulation 2(1)\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nFruit from which the product is obtained\nMinimum quantity of acid expressed as tartaric acid and in grammes per litre of the finished product\nMinimum quantity of juice or puree or of juice and puree expressed as a percentage of the weight of the finished product\n1 Apricots\n3\n40\nBilberries\n4\n40\nBlackberries\n6\n40\nBlackcurrants\n8\n25\nCherries (other than sour cherries)\n6\n40\nCranberries\n9\n30\nElderberries\n7\n50\nGooseberries\n9\n30\nLemons\n—\n25\nLimes\n—\n25\nMulberries\n6\n40\nPassion fruit (Passiflora edulis)\n8\n25\nPlums\n6\n30\nQuetsches\n6\n30\nQuinces\n7\n50\nQuito Naranjillos (Solanum quitoense)\n5\n25\nRaspberries\n7\n40\nRedcurrants\n8\n25\nRose hips (fruits of the species rosa)\n8\n40\nRowanberries\n8\n30\nSallowthorn berries\n9\n25\nSloes\n8\n30\nSour Cherries\n8\n35\nStrawberries\n5\n40\nWhitecurrants\n8\n25\nAny other fruit with acid juice unpalatable in the natural state\n—\n25\n2 Azeroles (Neopolitan Medlars)\n—\n25\nBananas\n—\n25\nBullock’s Heart (Custard Apple) (Annona reticulata)\n—\n25\nCashew fruits\n—\n25\nGuavas\n—\n25\nLychees\n—\n25\nMangoes\n—\n35\nPapayas\n—\n25\nPomegranates\n—\n25\nSoursop (Annona muricata)\n—\n25\nSpanish Plums (Spondia purpurea)\n—\n25\nSugar Apples\n—\n25\nUmbu (Spondias tuberosa aroda)\n—\n30\nAny other low acid, pulpy or highly flavoured fruit with juice unpalatable in the natural state\n—\n25\n3 Apples\n3\n50\nPeaches\n3\n45\nPears\n3\n50\nPineapples\n4\n50\nCitrus fruits other than lemons and limes\n5\n50\nAny other fruit with juice palatable in the natural state\n—\n50\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1284/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:43:35.443780+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."
}