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Comment by Aimée (Queen of the Amazon) on May 21, 2011 at 1:14pm

So fancy equals fake?

XD You guys are amusingly helpful. I love the Komm.

Comment by Jessica (Swamp Chicken) on May 21, 2011 at 2:45am

the same way McDonald's makes ketchup fancy...

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on May 9, 2011 at 12:28am

One is happy to be of service.

Comment by Aimée (Queen of the Amazon) on May 8, 2011 at 10:47pm

XD Thank you, Gumbo

That made me laugh, though I think it's awesome that I know this now.

Adam, yes, yes it did. I'll make sure to ask Gumbo whenever I need an answer.

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on May 7, 2011 at 5:51pm

 . . . in other words, according to USDA regulations when something is labled "FANCY" that indicates it is not "pure" . . . in your case the "FANCY" JELLY contains high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar . . . and calling it "FANCY" sounds a lot nicer than "fake stuff that's a lot cheaper to produce than the good stuff"

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on May 7, 2011 at 5:47pm

Marmalade, Jelly, Jams

 

The denomination “Marmalade, Jelly, and Jams” followed by the name of one or several fruits or printed with the indication “Pure Fruit and Sugar”, can be used only for the products issued from refined sugar, white crystallized sugar, brown sugar, fresh or dried fruit, or fruit juice. They must be conserved without addition of any antiseptic except Sulfur Anhydride. No trace of Sulfur Anhydride should remain at the time of sale.

 

The denomination “All Fruit” must be reserved for products containing at least three types of fruits and prepared under the same conditions as mentioned above. The denomination “Raisin” combined with the indication “Pure Fruit and Sugar” is to be used for products issued from crystallized white sugar or brown sugar, and dried raisins, or grape juice. (Article 8, Minister’s Decision March 5, 1928, published in the Official Bulletin #806 issued on April 3rd 1928)

 

The use of the names of marmalade, jelly, or jams for products containing apple pulp, apple juice, apple marc’s is considered fraudulent unless the name is followed immediately by the words “And Apples” printed in the same characters. When apple, apple juice or the products mentioned in the article 8 are the dominant products, the name of the product used must be “jam, marmalade, or jelly, of apples with...”. (Article 9, Minister’s Decision March 5, 1928,published in the Official Bulletin #806 issued on April 3, 1928).

 

The following are not considered falsification (Article 10, Minister’s Decision March 5, 1928, published in the Official Bulletin #806 issued on April 3rd 1928):

 

1. The partial or total substitution of sugar with another sugar. When the substitution is over 15 percent, the product must no longer be labeled “Puresugar” but “Fancy” or “Glucose” or any other name indicating this substitution.
2. The use of crystallized fruit or their syrups. In this case the name should be immediately followed by the word “Fancy”, or “Crystallized Fruit”, or “syrups of crystallized fruit” and exclude the word “Pure sugar”.
3. The addition of commercially pure Tartric Acid commercially pure. The name of the products should be immediately followed by the word “Fancy”.
4. The coloration as permitted by the prevailing law. The name of the products should be immediately followed by the word “Fancy” or “Colored”
5. Adding aroma as permitted by the prevailing law. The name of the products should be immediately followed by the word “Fancy” or “Aromatized”.
6. Adding gelose or gelatin, gum and starch. The name of the products should indicate the name of the added products. The use of the wordings “Pure Fruit” or “Pure Sugar” is in these cases prohibited.

 When the last three processes are all used, the product should not indicate any name of fruit and should be labeled as “Artificial”.