The Jam and Similar Products (Wales) Regulations 2018

Fruit content indication

6.—(1) A person must not trade in a regulated product that is listed in Part 1 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 unless the labelling of the product indicates the fruit content of the product in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The fruit content must be indicated by including the words “prepared with x g of fruit per 100 g” with the quantity in grams of fruit from which the fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel and aqueous extract of fruit used for every hundred grams of the finished product are derived being inserted in place of “x”.

(3) If aqueous extracts are used, the fruit content of the finished product as indicated on the labelling of the product must be calculated after deducting the weight of any water used to prepare the aqueous extracts.

(4) The fruit content indication must appear in the same visual field as the product name and be in clearly visible characters.

(5) In addition to the wording required by virtue of paragraph (2), the words “paratowyd â x g o ffrwythau am bob 100g” may be included, with the quantity in grams of fruit from which the fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel and aqueous extract of fruit used for every hundred grams of the finished product are derived being inserted in place of “x”.

(6) Nothing in paragraphs (2) or (5) prevents the wording required by virtue of paragraph (2) from being included in any other language in addition to Welsh and English.