Appendix vii – Fruit and Degrees Brix
Degrees Brix are a measure of the amount of sugar in a fruit juice. The US Government provides a table of the amount of sugar in 100% fruit juices for various types of fruits in 21 CFR 101.30‹h›‹1› which I reproduce here.
This is handy if you're trying to guess how much fermentable sugar there will be in a must based on the ingredients, but the most accurate result will come from actually measuring with a hydrometer.
| Juice | Brix |
|---|---|
| Acerola | 6.0 |
| Apple | 11.5 |
| Apricot | 11.7 |
| Banana | 22.0 |
| Blackberry | 10.0 |
| Blueberry | 10.0 |
| Boysenberry | 10.0 |
| Cantaloupe Melon | 9.6 |
| Carambola | 7.8 |
| Carrot | 8.0 |
| Casaba Melon | 7.5 |
| Cashew (Caju) | 12.0 |
| Celery | 3.1 |
| Cherry, dark, sweet | 20.0 |
| Cherry, red, sour | 14.0 |
| Crabapple | 15.4 |
| Cranberry | 7.5 |
| Currant (Black) | 11.0 |
| Currant (Red) | 10.5 |
| Date | 18.5 |
| Dewberry | 10.0 |
| Elderberry | 11.0 |
| Fig | 18.2 |
| Gooseberry | 8.3 |
| Grape | 16.0 |
| Grapefruit | 10.0 |
| Guanabana (soursop) | 16.0 |
| Guava | 7.7 |
| Honeydew melon | 9.6 |
| Kiwi | 15.4 |
| Lemon | 4.5 |
| Lime | 4.5 |
| Loganberry | 10.5 |
| Mango | 13.0 |
| Nectarine | 11.8 |
| Orange | 11.8 |
| Papaya | 11.5 |
| Passion Fruit | 14.0 |
| Peach | 10.5 |
| Pear | 12.0 |
| Pineapple | 12.8 |
| Plum | 14.3 |
| Pomegranate | 16.0 |
| Prune | 18.5 |
| Quince | 13.3 |
| Raspberry (Black) | 11.1 |
| Raspberry (Red) | 9.2 |
| Rhubarb | 5.7 |
| Strawberry | 8.0 |
| Tangerine | 11.8 |
| Tomato | 5.0 |
| Watermelon | 7.8 |
| Youngberry | 10.0 |