The product consisting of canned mandarin oranges segments, packed of flesh and clean mandarins Cytrus Reticulata, free of mold and insects and have reach a good grade of ripeness. The raw mandarins are peeled to remove all not edible parts of raw mandarins preserved by heat treatement to reach a commercialy sterile product with more than three years self life. Two varieties of mandarins are packed: Satsuma and Clementine.

Mandarins are packed in several styles depending of mandarin orange segments wholeness:

• Whole segments. Product consisting of whole mandarin orange segments keeping typical shape.
• Broken Segments. Product consisting of random pieces of mandarin orange segments.
• Twin segments. Product consisting of groups of two or three whole mandarin orange segments.

The mandarin orange segments are usually canned in four packing media as follows:

• Syrup. The product is preserved in a light syrup (14º to 17º brix).
• Water. The product is preserved just in water.
• Orange juice. The product is preserved in mandarin orange juice from concentrate juice.
• Pear Juice. The product is preserved in pear juice from concentrate juice.