Brix degree and sorbitol/xylitol level of authentic pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice

With regard to 45 pomegranate fruits from different regions and several domestic varieties, fruit weight was found to be 137.1–738.2 g, peel share 34.4–73.1%, aril share 26.9–65.6% and fruit juice yield 19.2–48.0%. Brix degree of pomegranate juice samples obtained from the aforementioned fruits changed from 12.2 to 17.8 and was lower than 14.0 in approximately 18% of the samples. Titratable acidity of pomegranate juice samples varied between 2.4 and 30 g/L and the formol number varied between 4.0 and 20.0. The sorbitol/xylitol content ranged between 16 and 423 mg/L, mostly lying between 51 and 200 mg/L with a frequency of 64%. The share of samples containing sorbitol/xylitol higher than 250 g/L is 7%.