### Question
How is the term fruit juice(s) and water defined?


### Answer
The term **fruit juice(s) and water** is defined in *21 CFR § 101.12* as the following:

> any mixture of fruit juice as herein defined and water, including any water contributed by the use of liquid nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners, in which the fruit juice(s) is 50 percent, or more, of such mixture except that water used in preparing equivalent single strength juice(s) from concentrate(s) shall not be considered to be a mixture of fruit juice and water.

#### Citation:
  - *21 CFR § 101.12*
