On June 29, 2023, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine issued an announcement approving the standards for fruit juice and similar products.

The main contents include: scope of applicable products (products domestically produced or imported in Ukraine and sold and circulated in Ukraine), product classification and definition (Juice similar products refer to products obtained by adding drinking water, sugar, honey, food additives and other ingredients to fruit juice), the list of fruit types that are allowed to be used for the production and processing of fruit juice, the requirements for the use of raw and auxiliary materials (sugar or honey and citric acid and other flavoring substances are allowed to be added to the juice, but the proportion must not exceed 20% of the total mass) Labeling requirements) such as the use of fruit The reconstituted juice produced from powdered or concentrated juice should be marked with the word "reconstituted" in the name, the mixed juice should be marked with each juice component, and the juice with other auxiliary materials or additives should not be claimed as "natural product"), etc.

This standard will take effect from the date of publication, with a transition period of 3 years.