Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes are a small kind of sweet snack that are named after the Jaffa orange. They are made with orange-flavored jam, and chocolate. McVitie and Price introduced them in the United Kingdom in 1927. Even though they look like biscuits, a court ruled that they are cakes. The court case was because biscuits are taxed differently than cakes. In the United Kingdom cakes are treated as a staple food so value-added tax is not charged. Biscuits are taxed because they are treated as a luxury.
 A Jaffa Cake cut in half | |
| Alternative names | Jaffa |
|---|---|
| Type | Cake |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | All Regions |
| Created by | McVitie and Price |
| Main ingredients | Sponge cake, orange-flavoured jam, chocolate |
| Variations | Various limited edition flavours (Lemon and lime, strawberry, black currant) |
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Media related to McVitie's did not register the name "Jaffa Cakes" as a trademark. For this reason, other biscuit manufacturers and supermarkets have made similar products under the same name.[1] The product's classification as a cake or biscuit was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991. The court found in McVitie's favour that the Jaffa cake should be considered a cake for tax purposes.[2] In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom.[3]
Jaffa Cakes Media
- Jaffa Cakes 2025.jpg
A Jaffa Cakes advertisement in Manchester
- Fazer Apple and Cinnamon Jaffa Cakes.jpg
Apple and cinnamon Jaffa Cakes from Finnish company Fazer
- Bentons Jaffa cakes.jpg
Benton's Jaffa cakes
References
- ↑ Harry Wallop (6 May 2012). "Jaffa Cakes - definitely not biscuits - prepare to take on imitators". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9249366/Jaffa-Cakes-definitely-not-biscuits-prepare-to-take-on-imitators.html. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ VAT Tribunal case LON/91/0160 (United Biscuits). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ↑ "Jaffa Cakes - definitely not biscuits - prepare to take on imitators" Archived 17 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2014