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Balaton® – General Characteristics
(source: Cherry Marketing Institute)
| Character: | Firm (like a sweet cherry) |
| Color: | Deep mahogany skin color |
| Brix: | 16.8 for individually quick frozen (IQF) fruit |
| Taste: | Pleasantly tart, not sour |
| Fruit length: | 18.8 mm |
| Fruit weight: | 5.8 g |
| Soluble solids: | 15.9% |
| pH: | 3.47 |
| Acidity: | 1.46% |
| Anthocyanin: | 2.54 For comparision, anthocyanin of Schattenmorello is 3.51 |
| Harvest: | Approximately 7 days after Montmorency |
Balaton® – Chemical analysis from IQF (individually quick frozen) fruit
Levels are based on one serving of 100 g (approximately 25 cherries)
(source: Cherry Marketing Institute)
| Calories | |
49 |
| Calories from fat | |
0 |
| Total carbohydrates | |
11.8% |
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| Total dietary fiber | | 1.2% |
| Insoluble fiber | 0.7% |
| Soluble fiber | 0.5% |
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| Sugars by HPLC |
| Total | | 8.11% |
| Fructose | 3.16% |
| Glucose | 4.65% |
| Sucrose | 0% |
| Maltose | 0% |
| Lactose | 0% |
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| Protein by Dumas | | 0.906% |
| Vitamin C, total | | <1% |
| Sodium | | 4.5 mg |
| Calcium | | 16.5 mg |
| Iron | | 0.457 mg |
| Water | | 86.9% |
| Ash (overnight 16hr) | | 0.3% |
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