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1. Mincemeat is a mixture of sweetening agents, vine fruits, citrus peel, suet or equivalent fat and vinegar or acetic acid, with or without other edible ingredients.
2. Not less than 300 grams of vine fruits and citrus peel must be used for the manufacture of every 1,000 grams of the finished product, of which not less than 200 grams must consist of vine fruits.
3. Not less than 25 grams of suet or equivalent fat must be used for the manufacture of every 1,000 grams of the finished product.
4. The product must have a soluble dry matter content of 65% 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; and
(b)those products in respect of which a “reduced sugar” claim is made in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
5. In this Part—
“sweetening agents” means any one or more of the following—
any sugar product defined in the Annex to Directive 2001/111/EC relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption;
brown sugar;
cane molasses; or
honey; and
“vine fruits” means any one or more of the following fruits—
currants;
muscatels;
raisins; and
sultanas.
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