Orange Juice Market Data, Brix and Trade Specifications

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-12Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$8.5B

Producing countries tracked

4

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are current requirements from the FAO/WHO Codex General Standard for Fruit Juices and Nectars CXS 247-2005, amended in 2026. They define composition, authenticity, Brix, product naming and compliance boundaries; they do not establish current lot availability, certify a shipment or provide a live delivered orange-juice price.

Reconstituted orange-juice reference Brix

11.8

degrees Brix, subject to importing-country rules and Codex qualifications · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

General reconstituted orange-juice Brix floor

11.2

degrees Brix, acid-corrected · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

Proven low-Brix origin exception floor

10

degrees Brix, only with Codex authenticity evidence · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

Orange-nectar minimum juice content

50

percent by volume · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

Citrus reticulata soluble-solids maximum in orange juice

10

percent of total orange-juice soluble solids, subject to importing-country law · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

Concentrated-juice Brix increase threshold

50

percent above the reconstituted-juice Brix value · CXS 247-2005, amended 2026

Orange juice, concentrate and nectar are separate products

CXS 247-2005 defines fruit juice as an unfermented but fermentable liquid from sound, appropriately mature fruit. It distinguishes directly expressed juice from juice reconstituted from concentrate. Concentrated juice has enough water physically removed to raise Brix at least 50 percent above the reconstituted value, while nectar is made by adding water, with or without permitted sweetening ingredients, to a defined juice or purée product. Atlas retains form, process and label rather than collapsing all four into one orange-juice record.

Brix values require product and authenticity context

For reconstituted Citrus sinensis juice, the Codex annex gives 11.8 to 11.2 degrees Brix subject to importing-country legislation and not ordinarily below 11.2. It recognizes that some origins consistently express lower natural values; such juice may enter trade below that range only when it meets the standard's authenticity methodology and remains at least 10 degrees Brix. Atlas keeps the Brix, acid correction, method, origin, natural-variation claim and evidence together.

Same-fruit restoration does not erase ingredient and label boundaries

The standard permits aromatic substances, volatile flavour components, pulp and cells recovered by suitable physical means from the same kind of fruit. Subject to importing-country law, Citrus reticulata juice may contribute no more than 10 percent of the total soluble solids in orange juice. From-concentrate or reconstituted products must say so near the product name, and mixtures use the fruit names in descending proportion or an appropriate mixed-juice description. Atlas retains each declared input and label status.

A composition standard is not a delivered physical price

Codex requirements establish identity, composition and quality boundaries, not current availability or price. A delivered orange-juice price still requires a defined form and concentration, current permitted physical observations, origin and crop, Brix and authenticity evidence, process and pack type, lot quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, cold-chain or aseptic logistics, freight and information vintage. Atlas keeps any physical-price output unsupported when those fields or usage rights are missing.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are orange juice, orange-juice concentrate and orange nectar interchangeable?

No. Codex defines directly expressed and reconstituted juice, concentrated juice and nectar separately. Concentration, added water, permitted ingredients and required labelling differ.

What Brix does Codex require for reconstituted orange juice?

The current annex gives 11.8 to 11.2 degrees Brix subject to importing-country rules and ordinarily not below 11.2. A proven origin with consistently lower natural Brix may qualify down to 10 only under the standard's authenticity methodology.

How much juice must orange nectar contain?

The Codex annex sets a 50 percent by-volume minimum juice and/or purée content for Citrus sinensis nectar. Product form and all added ingredients still need to be declared.

Which fields make orange-juice offers comparable?

Citrus sinensis source, direct, from-concentrate, concentrate or nectar form, process, Brix and acidity basis, pulp and restored components, ingredient and additive declarations, authenticity testing, origin and crop, production and pack dates, aseptic or frozen state, lot, pack, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.