The Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

PART 5 Extra jelly

1.  Extra jelly is an appropriately gelled mixture of—

(a) sugar and fruit juice;

(b) sugar and aqueous extract of fruit; or

(c) sugar and both fruit juice and aqueous extract of fruit.

2.  The following fruits must not be mixed with any other fruits in the manufacture of the product—

(a) apples;

(b) pears;

(c) clingstone plums;

(d) melons;

(e) watermelons.

(f) grapes;

(g) pumpkins;

(h) cucumbers; and

(i) tomatoes.

3.  The quantity of fruit juice, or aqueous extract of fruit, or both, used for the manufacture of every 1,000 grams of the finished product must not be less than—

(a) 350 grams in the case of the following—

(i) redcurrants;

(ii) rowanberries;

(iii) sea buckthorns;

(iv) blackcurrants;

(v) rosehips; and

(vi) quinces;

(b) 250 grams in the case of ginger;

(c) 230 grams in the case of cashew apples;

(d) 80 grams for passion fruit; and

(e) 450 grams in the case of any other fruit.

4.  Where aqueous extract of fruit is used in the manufacture of the product, the quantities in paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 3 must be calculated after the deduction of the weight of water used in preparing the aqueous extract.

5.  Apart from the ingredients mentioned in paragraph 1, the product must not contain anything else except that it may contain any one or more of the following —

(a) an authorised additional ingredient;

(b) citrus fruit juice, in a product obtained from other kinds of fruit;

(c) citrus peel; and

(d) leaves of Pelargonium odoratissimum, in a product made from quince.

6.  Any raw materials used to manufacture the product in accordance with this Part that are mentioned in Schedule 2 must not have been treated except using an authorised treatment.

7.  The product 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 sugar has 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.