Artificially sweetened canned pineapple is the food that conforms to the definition and standard of identity prescribed for canned pineapple by § 145.180(a), except that in lieu of a packing medium specified in § 145.180(a)(2), the packing medium used is water artificially sweetened with saccharin, sodium saccharin, or a combination of both. Such packing medium may be thickened with pectin.
The specified name of the food is “artificially sweetened ___”, the blank being filled in with the name prescribed by § 145.180(a) for canned pineapple having the same optional pineapple ingredient.
The artificially sweetened food is subject to the requirements for label statement of ingredients used, as prescribed for canned pineapple by § 145.180(a). If the packing medium is thickened with pectin, the label shall bear the statement “thickened with pectin”.