STANDARDIZATION OF FRUIT JUICES: INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Abstract

The establishment of universally recognized standards for fruit juices is an important instrument for facilitating international trade with these products. This is attempted by the Joint ECE/FAO Codex Alimentarius Group of Experts on Standardization of Fruit Juices. Many members of this group are active food scientists and technologists. Often they find themselves in a conflict situation: Science and technology mean renewal and change, whereas standardization means fixing a status quo. Almost all sections of a fruit juice standard provide examples for this situation and several of them are discussed. The fear is expressed that standards which are too rigid and the lack of a procedure to adapt them to new findings will be deterrents for scientists and technologists to exercise their creativity in the fruit juice field. Copyright © 1977, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved