Food and Drug Regulations

B.11.201 [S]. (Naming the fruit) Jam

• (a) shall be the product obtained by processing fruit, fruit pulp, or canned fruit, by boiling to a suitable consistency with water and a sweetening ingredient;

• (b) shall contain not less than

  • (i) 45 per cent of the named fruit, and

  • (ii) 66 per cent water soluble solids as estimated by the refractometer;

• (c) may contain

  • (i) such amount of added pectin, pectinous preparation, or acid ingredient as reasonably compensates for any deficiency in the natural pectin content or acidity of the named fruit,

  • (ii) a Class II preservative,

  • (iii) a pH adjusting agent, and

  • (iv) an antifoaming agent; and

• (d) shall not contain apple or rhubarb.