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Agricultural Conversion Factors for Fruit

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The documentation for the new numbers can be viewed by clicking on the product names.

Fruits		New	Old
Apples	Fresh	0.95	0.96
	Apple Juice	0.85	0.80
	Canned Apples	NA	0.8
	Dried Apples	0.125	0.13
	Frozen Apples	0.75	0.6
	Apple Sauce	0.90	NA
	Apple Slices	0.85	NA
Apricots	Fresh	0.75	NA
Apricots	Dried	0.10	NA
Avocados	Fresh	0.95	0.94
Avocados	Guacamole	0.55	NA
Cherries, Sweet	Fresh	0.84	0.92
Cherries, Tart	Fresh	0.93	0.92
	Canned	0.77	0.95
	Frozen	0.73	0.90
	Dried	0.20	NA
Grapes	Fresh	0.92	0.91
	Raisins	0.22	0.21
	Wine	0.59	NA
	100% Grape Juice	0.62	NA
Nectarines	Fresh	0.83	0.95
Peaches	Fresh	0.83	0.95
Pears	Fresh	0.92	0.95
Persimmons	Fresh	0.90	NA
Plums	Fresh	0.75	NA
	Juice	0.85	NA
	Prunes (dried Plums)	0.33	NA
	Prune Juice	0.28	NA
Pineapples	Fresh Cut	0.42	NA
Pineapples	Dried	0.10	NA
Watermelon	Fresh	0.90	0.9
Berries
Blueberries	Frozen	0.95	NA
Cranberries	Fresh	0.88	NA
	Sweetened Dried	0.50	NA
	100% Pure Juice	0.12	0.1
Raspberries	Frozen	0.95	0.95
Strawberries	Fresh	0.875	0.92
Strawberries	Frozen	0.78	NA
Citrus
Grapefruit (CA)	Fresh	0.85	0.97¹
Grapefruit (CA)	Fresh Juice	0.57	0.434
Lemons (CA)	Fresh	0.85	0.96¹
Lemons (CA)	Juice	0.55	NA
Oranges (CA)	Fresh	0.85	0.97¹
Oranges (CA)	Fresh Juice	0.53	0.625

NA is not available.

1 The previous figures for citrus are for all uses, not just fresh. The citrus culled from fresh is usually juiced,so the all uses is higher.

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