Technical information
Cherry Crush – Technical Information
AFF Super Premium Cherry Crush
AFF Cherry Crush is a super premium quality rich smooth fruit crush prepared from 100% Australian freshly harvested or chilled sweet cherries – not reconstituted from cherry concentrates.
Ingredients:
- Sweet Cherries, Vitamin C.
Nutritional Information:
| Average per 100 gm | |
| Energy | 395kJ |
| Protein | 1.5g |
| Fat Total | <0.2g |
| Saturated | <0.2g |
| Carbohydrate * Total | 21.0g |
| Sugars* | 16.0g |
| Dietary fibre | 0.7g |
| Sodium | <1mg |
| pH* | 3.8 |
| Specific gravity | 1.08g/cc |
| Brix | 18-22°B * |
* Sugar content and pH may vary with seasonal and varietal variations.
Carbohydrate/Sugars:
- Typically
- Fructose 7-8 g/100gm
- Glucose 8-9 g/100gm
- Sorbitol 2-4 g/100gm
- Natural pH range 3.8 to 4.2
Stability:
- Cherry Crush can either be lightly pasteurized to maximize the longevity of the many nutraceutical benefits of cherries (see Cherries – Health Benefits) and stored at -18°C for periods in excess of 12 months. Alternatively Cherry Crush can be fully pasteurized and stored at room temperature for over 12 months.
- Some settling may occur on storage but the product reconstitutes readily on shaking.
AFF Cherry Crush complies with the Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand.
