Singapore legislation

Regulation 176

of Food Regulations

Regulation 176

Jams

Subregulation 1

Jam, conserve or preserve shall be the product made by processing fresh, canned or dried fruit or fruit pulp, by boiling to a suitable consistency with water, sugar, dextrose, invert sugar or liquid glucose either singly or in combination, with or without citric, malic or tartaric acid, permitted chemical preservative or colouring matter, pectin in the form of fruit juice or pulp or powder, the sodium, potassium or calcium salts of citric, malic and tartaric acids, together with sodium hydroxide and sodium bicarbonate.

Subregulation 2

Jam, conserve or preserve shall contain not less than 35% (w/w) of the fruits from which it is purported to be made.