One bite into the circular treat and the feels of nostalgia run through your veins as you enjoy the orange fruity centre. You would be foolish to describe it as a biscuit as the soft sponge layer gives no illusion of it being anything other than a cake, although it is enjoyed in the same respect as biscuits with warm drinks. McVitie's launches limited edition Strawberry-flavoured Jaffa Cakes". Talkingretail.com. 27 April 2009 . Retrieved 22 June 2010. Abernethy, Laura (27 January 2020). "McVitie's launches new pineapple flavour Jaffa Cakes". Metro . Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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The gelatine should never boil- we always add gelatine when the mixture isn't boiling. Remove from the heat, then stir in the gelatine powder. United Biscuits (UK) Ltd (No. 2). [1991] BVC 818 | Croner-i Tax and Accounting". library.croneri.co.uk . Retrieved 17 February 2021. a b "What you do – and don't – pay VAT on". Which? Magazine. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012 . Retrieved 27 September 2012. United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals Decisions – Torq Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2005]". British and Irish Legal Information Institute . Retrieved 27 September 2012. The Irish Revenue Commissioners also regard Jaffa Cakes as cakes, since their moisture content is greater than 12%. As a result, they are charged the reduced rate of VAT (13.5% as of 2016 [update]). [24]

Davies, E. R.; Patel, D.; Johnstone, A. I. C. (1995). "Crucial issues in the design of a real-time contaminant detection system for food products". Real-Time Imaging. 1 (6): 397–407. Taking all these factors into account, Jaffa cakes had characteristics of both cakes and biscuits, but the tribunal thought they had enough characteristics of cakes to be accepted as such, and they were therefore zero-rated. Cake would be expected to be soft and friable; biscuit would be expected to be crisp and able to be snapped. Jaffa cakes had the texture of sponge cake.VAT Tribunal case LON/91/0160 (United Biscuits)". Archived from the original on 10 February 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2019. Graves, Mark; Batchelor, Bruce (2003). Machine Vision for the Inspection of Natural Products. Springer Science & Business Media. p.403. ISBN 978-1-85233-525-0. Chabo, Elena (5 January 2021). "McVitie's has launched new Jaffa Cake flavours Passionfruit and Cherry". Good Housekeeping . Retrieved 27 January 2021.