Category/Apricot nectars

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Definition

Apricot nectars consist of the juice and puree from Apricots (Prunus armeniaca). Apricot nectars consist of 40-60% fruit diluted with water and added sugars. Apricot nectars might add preservatives, like ascorbic acid, citric acid or lemon juice.

Ingredients

Required ingredients

Optional ingredients

Recipes

  • The base recipe is apricot+water+add-sugar (87%);
  • The base with added ascorbic acid (56%);
  • The base with added citric acid or lemon juice (20%);

Labels

Apricot juices have few labels, the most popular are:

Nutritional information

min 10% 90% max
Energy (kJ/100ml) 72.9 192 259 354.1
Fat (%) 0 0 0.5 0.81
Saturated fat (%) 0 0 0.1 0.51
Carbohydrates (%) 3.79 11 14.6 19.1
Sugars (%) 3.79 10 14.3 19.1
Fiber (%) 0 0 0.9 2.01
Proteins (%) 0 0 0.5 0.81
Salt (%) 0 0 0.02 0.51
Fruit (%) 39.9 40 61 61.1
Nutrition score 6 20

Monitoring

Mirabelle can be used to track products that lie outside the quality envelope: link

Related categories

The category apricot juices does not exist, as it can never be more than 99% fruit.

For products with other fruits look at Multifruit nectars.

References