Food and Drug Regulations

B.11.203 [S]. Apple (or Rhubarb) and (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) 12.5 per cent of the named fruit, except that where the named fruit is strawberry it shall contain not less than 15 per cent strawberries,

  • (ii) 20 per cent apple or rhubarb pulp, and

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

• (c) may contain

  • (i) pectin or pectinous preparation,

  • (ii) such amount of acid ingredient as reasonably compensates for any deficiency in the natural acidity of the fruit used in its preparation,

  • (iii) food colour,

  • (iv) a Class II preservative,

  • (v) a pH adjusting agent, and

  • (vi) an antifoaming agent.