Maximum anhydrous citric acid permissible for corresponding total soluble solids.

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  2. CFR 7
  3. Agriculture
  4. Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture
  6. Requirements and Standards Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Egg Products Inspection Act
  7. Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Products (Inspection, Certification, and Standards)
  8. United States Standards for Grades of Florida Oranges and Tangelos
  9. Standards for Internal Quality of Common Sweet Oranges (Citrus Sinensis (L) Osbeck)
  10. Maximum anhydrous citric acid permissible for corresponding total soluble solids.

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§ 51.1178 Maximum anhydrous citric acid permissible for corresponding total soluble solids.

For determining the grade of juice, the maximum permissible anhydrous citric acid content in relation to corresponding total soluble solids in the fruit is set forth in the following Table II together with the minimum ratio of total soluble solids to anhydrous citric acid:

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Table II

Total soluble solids
(average pct) 		Maximum anhydrous citric acid
(average pct) 		Minimum ratio of total soluble solids to anhydrous citric acid
9.0 0.947 9.50-1
9.1 .963 9.45-1
9.2 .979 9.40-1
9.3 .995 9.35-1
9.4 1.011 9.30-1
9.5 1.027 9.25-1
9.6 1.043 9.20-1
9.7 1.060 9.15-1
9.8 1.077 9.10-1
9.9 1.094 9.05-1
10.0 1.111 9.00-1
10.1 1.128 8.95-1
10.2 1.146 8.90-1
10.3 1.164 8.85-1
10.4 1.182 8.80-1
10.5 1.200 8.75-1
10.6 1.218 8.70-1
10.7 1.237 8.65-1
10.8 1.256 8.60-1
10.9 1.275 8.55-1
11.0 1.294 8.50-1
11.1 1.306 8.50-1
11.2 1.318 8.50-1
11.3 1.329 8.50-1
11.4 1.341 8.50-1
11.5 1.353 8.50-1
11.6 1.365 8.50-1
11.7 1.376 8.50-1
11.8 1.388 8.50-1
11.9 1.400 8.50-1
12.0 1.412 8.50-1
12.1 1.424 8.50-1
12.2 1.435 8.50-1
12.3 1.447 8.50-1
12.4 1.459 8.50-1
12.5 1.471 8.50-1
12.6 1.482 8.50-1
12.7 1.494 8.50-1
12.8 1.506 8.50-1
12.9 1.517 8.50-1
13.0 1.530 8.50-1
13.1 1.541 8.50-1
13.2 1.553 8.50-1
13.3 1.565 8.50-1
13.4 1.576 8.50-1
13.5 1.588 8.50-1
13.6 1.600 8.50-1
13.7 1.612 8.50-1
13.8 1.624 8.50-1
13.9 1.635 8.50-1
14.0 1.647 8.50-1
14.1 1.659 8.50-1
14.2 1.671 8.50-1
14.3 1.682 8.50-1
14.4 1.694 8.50-1
14.5 1.705 8.50-1
14.6 1.718 8.50-1
14.7 1.729 8.50-1
14.8 1.741 8.50-1
14.9 1.753 8.50-1
15.0 1.765 8.50-1
15.1 1.776 8.50-1
15.2 1.788 8.50-1
15.3 1.800 8.50-1
15.4 1.812 8.50-1
15.5 1.824 8.50-1
15.6 or more 8.50-1


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