ANÁLISE QUANTITATIVA DO AÇUCAR EM SUCOS ARTIFICIAIS COMPARADO AO RÓTULO E A LEGISLAÇÃO

Abstract

I Introduction: With the growth of the fruit-growing in Brazil, the industrialized juices come gaining space in the national and international market mainly in the regions. North, South and Northeast. The flavors of more juices sold in Brazil are orange. mango, grape, passion fruit and peach. In Brazil. the Ministry of agriculture is responsible for the Brazilian Legislation of alcoholic drinks, as well as registration. standardization, grading, inspection, supervision and trade in industrialized juices. Nutrition labelling is essential to allow consumers healthier food choices, in Brazil, the national agency of sanitary surveillance (ANVISA). between 2000 and 2001, the legislation that defines the mandatory nutritional information to be documented on the labels of foods, serving as a beacon for educational activities to healthy consumption. Goals: perform physical-chemical analysis of industrialized juices and compare with the amount reported on the label. Materials and methods: physical-chemical analysis was performed in industrialized juices sold in 1-liter boxes and ready for consumption. of different brands and flavors in 06 marks. Results: orange juices found variations for sugars, compared to smaller labels obtained in guava cashew juice. mango and pineapple. Conclusion: all the juices showed levels of total sugars normal compared to legislation, as the label only two juices showed values within the standard deviation As the legislation all the juices are good for consumption, but by who, why the ingestion of them exceed the daily amount of sugar a day.