The Moldovan Association of Canned Food Manufacturers is asking the National Food Safety Agency ANSA to check the juices marketed in Moldova under the Soki Ukraini brand produced by a Ukrainian leading manufacturer.
Ukraine’s Ecosphere claims its apple and tomato juices are 100% made of fruit. But the Moldovan Association doubts it, arguing that, with all costs considered, a liter of a hundred percent fruit just cannot come at a price as low as 10 lei.
The Association also said it sent samples of Soki Ukraini juices to a food analysis institute in Germany and the lab tests showed that the products were only about 60% fruit juices laced with sugars and flavors.
Consequently, the Association says, consumers are misled into thinking they are buying fruit juice when in fact what they get is fruit nectar.
ANSA director Ion Sula met today with the Association and told its representatives that the Agency is now in full process of verifying the accuracy of label claims, including on juice-based products.