Food and Drug Regulations

B.11.127 [S]. Lime Juice or Lime Fruit Juice

• (a) shall be the fruit juice obtained from limes;

• (b) shall have

  • (i) a specific gravity of not less than 1.030 and not more than 1.040 (20°C/20°C),

  • (ii) its optical rotation between +0.5 and -1.5 degrees Ventzke, determined at a temperature of 20°C, using a tube 200 millimetres in length;

• (c) shall contain, before the addition of a sweetening ingredient, in 100 millilitres measured at a temperature of 20°C, not less than

  • (i) 8.0 grams of soluble solids, as determined by official method FO-26, Determination of Soluble Solids in Lemon Juice, Lime Juice or Lime Fruit Juice, October 15, 1981, and

  • (ii) 5.5 grams of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid, as determined by official method FO-27, Determination of Acid in Lemon Juice, Lime Juice or Lime Fruit Juice, October 15, 1981;

• (d) may contain stannous chloride; and

• (e) may contain a sweetening ingredient in a dry form, a Class II preservative, amylase, cellulase and pectinase.