date:Jul 04, 2013
calorie standards.
The department, however, does not agree that processed fruit and vegetable snacks should be included under either dried fruit exemption. Since these snack type products are not whole dried fruit pieces, the fruit concentrate (added sugar) used to make these products is often the primary ingredient. These products could still qualify without the exemption as a competitive food if they meet all of the standards, including a fruit or vegetable as the first ingredient.