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UNECE FFV-14 applies to fresh pummelos and hybrids and sets minimum total soluble solids of 8 degrees Brix and a 100-millimetre minimum diameter, with a 98-millimetre absolute minimum inside the size tolerance. Codex CXS 214 uses diameter and weight size codes from code 0 above 170 millimetres or 1,900 grams to code 7 at 100–118 millimetres or 400–700 grams. Both standards allow a 5 percent Extra-Class quality tolerance and 10 percent for Class I, Class II and size. These are classification references, not inspection results for an offered lot, current availability or price.
UNECE pummelo minimum sugar content
8
degrees Brix, minimum total soluble solids · UNECE FFV-14, 2023 edition
UNECE pummelo minimum diameter
100
millimetres maximum equatorial diameter, minimum · UNECE FFV-14, 2023 edition
UNECE pummelo size-tolerance absolute minimum
98
millimetres maximum equatorial diameter, absolute minimum within tolerance · UNECE FFV-14, 2023 edition
Codex pummelo size-code 0 weight threshold
1900
grams per fruit, greater than · Codex CXS 214-1999
Codex pummelo size-code 1 lower weight
1701
grams per fruit, lower bound; upper bound 1900 · Codex CXS 214-1999
Codex pummelo size-code 7 lower weight
400
grams per fruit, lower bound; upper bound 700 · Codex CXS 214-1999
Codex Extra-Class quality tolerance
5
percent by number or weight, total · Codex CXS 214-1999
Codex all-class size tolerance
10
percent by number or weight · Codex CXS 214-1999
Citrus maxima identity comes before a pomelo grade
Kew accepts Citrus maxima in Rutaceae, while UNECE and Codex cover pummelos or Shaddock and identified hybrids supplied fresh. Atlas retains accepted species evidence, named variety or commercial type, hybrid identity where relevant, production origin and lot identity rather than treating every large citrus fruit sold as pomelo as equivalent.
Pomelo, grapefruit and sweetie hybrids stay separate
Pomelo or pummelo is Citrus maxima, while grapefruit and named pomelo-derived hybrids have different identities, characteristics and market specifications. A trade name alone cannot resolve the species or hybrid. Atlas therefore preserves the supplier declaration, variety, botanical or registry evidence, flesh and rind characteristics and lot documents instead of merging pomelo, grapefruit and sweetie observations.
Whole fresh fruit and processed citrus are separate products
UNECE FFV-14, OECD's citrus guidance and Codex CXS 214 cover fruit supplied fresh and exclude fruit for industrial processing. Whole fresh pomelo, peeled segments, canned fruit, juice, purée and concentrate therefore retain separate product identities, mass or volume bases, processing records, package forms, shelf-life evidence and inspection results.
Maturity, class, defects and size require lot inspection
UNECE requires citrus fruit to be intact, free from bruising or extensive healed cuts, sound, clean, practically free from pests and pest damage, and sufficiently developed and mature. Pomelo maturity includes the stated soluble-solids threshold, but an actual result still needs a representative sample and dated method. Extra, Class I and Class II have distinct defect allowances, while diameter, weight or count sizing must retain its stated method and measured distribution.
A size code or maturity threshold does not establish a delivered pomelo price
A UNECE or Codex size code, class or maturity threshold does not establish an offered lot's actual identity, quality, availability, transaction value or delivered cost. A physical comparison still needs permitted current observations for the exact species or hybrid, variety, class, measured size and maturity, quality and treatment results, origin, crop and packing dates, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, cold-chain and route costs, and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.