PASSION FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE

                                                                CAJUBA, BRAZIL

 

 

Description: The Passion Fruit is a tropical and subtropical fruit grown in Brazil.  The most important and most cultivated species are:  Passiflora Edulis Sims - purple passion flower, intensively cultivated in Australia - and Passiflora Edulis F. Flavicarpa.  Yellow Passion Fruit holds the following advantages over the purple variety:  Larger amount of juice per unit of fruit, and a more acid juice which especially helps out in processing.

 

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

 

Brix:                              50°

 

Acidity:                         Approximately 14.0 as citric, and 110.0

                                    as ascorbic

 

pH:                               2.0 - 2.6

 

Ratio (Brix/Acid)             3.0 - 4.5

 

Total Plate Count:          max 5,000/gm

 

Mold and Yeast:               max 100/ml

 

Package:                      Double poly-lined, metal drums.  520# net.

 

Storage:                        Frozen