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Old 22-05-2013, 22:24
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Can someone please sort this out once and for all?

I read it in a QI book, there must be some source to the idea that Jaffa cakes are largely apricot based, but the ingredients states orange juice.
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Old 22-05-2013, 22:29
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Well, Jaffa is a variety of orange, named after Jaffa in Israel.
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Old 22-05-2013, 22:36
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I would have said orange, but on Googling seems people say it's actually apricot jelly and tangerine oil?
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Old 22-05-2013, 22:49
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But but but, what about trading standards? The ingredients say orange juice and natural orange flavouring. No mention of apricots.
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Old 23-05-2013, 00:47
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But but but, what about trading standards? The ingredients say orange juice and natural orange flavouring. No mention of apricots.
I know I'm confused.
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Old 23-05-2013, 00:55
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i love jaffa cakes
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Old 23-05-2013, 08:50
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Old 23-05-2013, 09:04
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Are you serious?

And yes there's a lot of apricot rumour, but no hard and fast confirmation.
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Old 23-05-2013, 10:30
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My daughter buys cherry flavoured ones when she visits Monaco. ( I was talking about these the other day on another thread - sorry for repeating myself btw). I haven't seen them here tho'.
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Old 23-05-2013, 11:36
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I'd say they are orange flavoured but I also like the cherry ones. Used to get the cherry ones in Lidls but they haven't had them for some time, which is a shame 'cos they're lovely.
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Old 23-05-2013, 16:59
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They do the cherry ones in most Polish shops along with blackcurrant and sometimes lemon and lime. I prefer the cherry ones too.
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Old 23-05-2013, 17:18
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also i wouldn't mind a jaffa cake doughnut, but they don't seem to sell those now, they been deleted
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Old 23-05-2013, 17:33
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I love the jaffa cake bars
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Old 24-05-2013, 08:18
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I guess the mystery will never be solved.

So much mystery for such a little cake/biscuit.
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Old 24-05-2013, 08:40
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lol and lol
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Old 24-05-2013, 09:16
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I guess the mystery will never be solved.

So much mystery for such a little cake/biscuit.
It's a cake.
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Old 24-05-2013, 09:21
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There is answers to both in that thread, 70% pulp and pectin of apricot, or none at all. Both supposedly from the factory.
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Old 24-05-2013, 09:27
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The only true way is to send an email to United Biscuits. Plain 'n' simple. Surely they wouldn't lie?

Anyone up for it?

EDIT: Email sent!
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Old 24-05-2013, 09:37
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In the meantime, from the website:

Ingredients

Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Plain Chocolate (19%)[Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Butter Oil, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, E476), Natural Flavouring], Sugar, Wheat Flour, Whole Egg, Water, Dextrose Monohydrate, Concentrated Orange Juice (8% Orange Juice Equivalent), Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil, Humectant (Glycerine), Citric Acid, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Emuisifier (E471), Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Dried Whole Egg, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Natural Orange Flavouring, Colour (Curcumin).
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Old 24-05-2013, 10:45
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Right then. From the horses mouth:

"Thank you for contacting us regarding the ingredients of Jaffa Cakes.

We can confirm that the jelly is in fact orange and not apricot.

hope this helps

Kind regards
Rhonda Gittins
Consumer Services Co-ordinator"


There you have it.

Jeez, the things you end up doing when you're not working
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Old 24-05-2013, 11:23
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Right then. From the horses mouth:

"Thank you for contacting us regarding the ingredients of Jaffa Cakes.

We can confirm that the jelly is in fact orange and not apricot.

hope this helps

Kind regards
Rhonda Gittins
Consumer Services Co-ordinator"


There you have it.

Jeez, the things you end up doing when you're not working
Omg thank you
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Old 24-05-2013, 13:17
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Right then. From the horses mouth:

"Thank you for contacting us regarding the ingredients of Jaffa Cakes.

We can confirm that the jelly is in fact orange and not apricot.

hope this helps

Kind regards
Rhonda Gittins
Consumer Services Co-ordinator"


There you have it.

Jeez, the things you end up doing when you're not working
Hallelujah!
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Old 24-05-2013, 16:29
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i been out and forgot to buy some for later
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Old 24-05-2013, 21:25
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This thread makes me want some now but I haven't got any, lol.
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Old 25-05-2013, 15:34
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Are you serious?
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Yes!

I will eat pretty much anything.... except the one thing everyone seems to adore.

The "I love a whole tube of jaffa cakes" is pretty much a universally accepted truth, but I really can't stand them.

I don't like the dark chocolate. I don't like the dry, chewy sponge cake, and I don't like the bizarre 'orange flavoured' filling.

... I'm not a food snob at all, and I'd gladly wolf down a good few chocolate chip cookies or bourbons or custard creams etc. I just really dislike jaffa cakes!
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