Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 COMPOSITION

Column 1	Column 2
Reserved descriptions	Specified jam or similar product
Notes 1. In the case of a product prepared from a mixture of types of fruit, column 2 shall be read as if the minimum quantities specified for the various types of fruit mentioned or referred to therein were reduced in proportion to the relative quantities of the types of fruit used. 2. The products described in this Schedule must have a soluble dry matter content of 60% or more as determined by refractometer at 20°C except for – (a) those products in respect of which sugars have been wholly or partially replaced by permitted sweeteners; (b) those products labelled “reduced sugar” which may have a soluble dry matter content of not less than 25% and not more than 50%; (c) those products described in items 8 to 11 which must have a soluble dry matter content of 65% or more. 3. Column 1 shall be read as if for “X” in item 8 there were substituted – (a) the name of a particular type of fruit; or (b) “mixed fruit”; or (c) “fruit” preceded by an indication of the number of types of fruit used in the preparation of the food described in column 2 of the item. 4. Column 1 shall be read as if for “Y” in item 10 there were substituted – (a) the name of a particular type of fruit; or (b) “mixed fruit”.
1.  Jam	A mixture, brought to a suitable gelled consistency, of sugars, the pulp or purée or both of one or more kinds of fruit and water, such that the quantity of fruit pulp or fruit purée or both used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than – (i) 250 grams in the case of redcurrants, blackcurrants, rosehips, rowanberries, sea buckthorns or quinces, (ii) 150 grams in the case of ginger, (iii) 160 grams in the case of cashew apples, (iv) 60 grams in the case of passion fruit, (v) 350 grams in the case of any other fruit.
2  Extra Jam	A mixture, brought to a suitable gelled consistency, of – sugars, the unconcentrated pulp of one or more kinds of fruit and water, or in the case of rosehip extra jam or seedless raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry or redcurrant extra jam, of sugars, the unconcentrated purée of that fruit, or a mixture of the unconcentrated pulp and purée of that fruit, and water, but the following fruits may not be used mixed with others in the manufacture of extra jam: apples, pears, clingstone plums, melons, watermelons, grapes, pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes. The quantity of fruit pulp or fruit purée or both used for every 1000 grams of the finished product being not less than – (i) 350 grams in the case of redcurrants, blackcurrants, rosehips, rowanberries, sea buckthorns or quinces, (ii) 250 grams in the case of ginger, (iii) 230 grams in the case of cashew apples, (iv) 80 grams in the case of passion fruit, (v) 450 grams in the case of any other fruit.
3  Jelly	An appropriately gelled mixture of sugars and fruit juice or aqueous extract of fruit or both such that the quantity of fruit juice or aqueous extract of fruit or both used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than – (i) 250 grams in the case of redcurrants, blackcurrants, rosehips, rowanberries, sea buckthorns or quinces, (ii) 150 grams in the case of ginger, (iii) 160 grams in the case of cashew apples, (iv) 60 grams in the case of passion fruit, (v) 350 grams in the case of any other fruit. The quantities in paragraphs (i) to (v) are calculated after deduction of the weight of water used in preparing the aqueous extracts.
4  Extra Jelly	An appropriately gelled mixture of sugars and fruit juice or aqueous extract of fruit, or both, but the following fruits may not be used mixed with others in the manufacture of extra jelly: apples, pears, clingstone plums, melons, watermelons, grapes, pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes. The quantity of fruit juice and aqueous extract of fruit used for every kilogram of the finished product being not less than – (i) 350 grams in the case of redcurrants, blackcurrants, rosehips, rowanberries, sea buckthorns or quinces, (ii) 250 grams in the case of ginger, (iii) 230 grams in the case of cashew apples, (iv) 80 grams for passion fruit, (v) 450 grams in the case of any other fruit. The quantities in paragraphs (i) to (v) are calculated after deduction of the weight of water used in preparing the aqueous extracts.
5  Jelly marmalade	The composition of marmalade, as described in item 6 but where the product contains no insoluble matter except possibly for small quantities of finely sliced peel.
6  Marmalade	A mixture, brought to a suitable gelled consistency, of water, sugars and fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel or aqueous extract of fruit or any combination thereof, in every case obtained from citrus fruit, such that the quantity of citrus fruit used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 200 grams, of which not less than 75 grams is obtained from the endocarp.
7  Sweetened chestnut purée	A mixture brought to a suitable consistency, of water, sugar and puréed chestnuts, such that the quantity of puréed chestnuts used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 380 grams.
8  X curd	An emulsion of edible fat or oil (or both), sugar, whole egg or egg yolk (or both), and any combination of fruit, fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, aqueous extract of fruit or essential oils of fruit, with or without other edible ingredients, such that – (a) the quantity of fat and oil used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 40 grams; (b) the quantity of whole and egg yolk used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 6.5 grams of egg yolk solids; and (c) the quantity of fruit, fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, aqueous extract of fruit, and essential oil of fruit is sufficient to characterise the finished product.
9  Lemon cheese	A food conforming to the description in item 8 appropriate for lemon curd.
10  Y flavour curd	An emulsion of edible fat or oil (or both), sugar, whole egg or egg yolk (or both), and flavouring material with or without other edible ingredients, such that – (a) the quantity of fat and oil used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 40 grams; (b) the quantity of whole egg and egg yolk used is such that every 1000 grams of the finished product contains not less than 6.5 grams of egg yolk solids; and (c) the quantity of flavouring material used is sufficient to characterise the product.
11.  Mincemeat	A mixture of sweetening agents, vine fruits, citrus peel, suet or equivalent fat and vinegar or acetic acid, with or without other edible ingredients, such that – (a) the quantity of vine fruits and citrus peel used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 300 grams, of which not less than 200 grams consists of vine fruits; and (b) the quantity of suet or equivalent fat used for every 1000 grams of the finished product is not less than 25 grams. For the purposes of this entry, “sweetening agents” means – (a) any sugar product defined in the Annex to Directive 2001/111/EC(1) relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption; (b) brown sugar; (c) cane molasses; (d) honey, as defined in Council Directive 2001/110/EC(2) relating to honey.

(1)

O.J. No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 53

(2)

O.J. No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 47