Food and Drug Regulations

B.11.241 [S]. (Naming the fruit) Jelly with Pectin

• (a) shall be the gelatinous food, free of seeds and pulp, made from the named fruit, the juice of the named fruit or a concentrate of the juice of the named fruit, which has been boiled with water and a sweetening ingredient;

• (b) shall contain

  • (i) not less than the equivalent of 32 per cent juice of the named fruit,

  • (ii) not less than 62 per cent water soluble solids, as estimated by the refractometer, and

  • (iii) pectin or pectinous preparation; and

• (c) may contain

  • (i) such amount of acid ingredient as reasonably compensates for any deficiency in the natural acidity of the named fruit,

  • (ii) juice of another fruit,

  • (iii) a gelling agent,

  • (iv) food colour,

  • (v) a Class II preservative,

  • (vi) a pH adjusting agent, and

  • (vii) an antifoaming agent.