§ 31. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Food what is the fruit content of various grades of manufactured jam today compared with before the war; and what percentage is of the lowest grade, compared with the pre-war percentage.
§ Dr. SummerskillAs the reply to the first part of the Question contains many figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Since there is only one standard for the fruit content of each variety of jam today, the second part of the Question does not arise.
§ Mrs. CastleIn view of the accumulation of stocks of certain types of manufactured jam, is not the moment opportune to try to bring the jam which is available at present to something nearer pre-war standards?
§ Dr. SummerskillOnly 23 per cent. of the varieties of our present jam are as low as the lowest pre-war standards. I would remind the hon. Lady that we are giving a bonus allowance of jam during the current period.
§ Mrs. CastleThat is exactly my point. Rather than distribute extra jam as a
| MINIMUM FRUIT CONTENT OF JAM AND MARMALADE. | |||||||||
| Description of Jam or Marmalade. | Pre-war Full Fruit Standard and Fresh Fruit Standard of the Food Manufacturers' Federation. | Pre-war lower Fruit Standard of the Food Manufacturers' Federation. | Current Standard as prescribed by S.R. & O. 1944 No. 842. | ||||||
| Percentage of fruit. | Percentage of fruit. | Percentage of fruit. | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||||
| Apple and Blackberry | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Apple and Blackcurrent | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Apple and Damson | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Apple and Plum | … | … | … | … | … | ||||
| Apple and Raspberry and/or Loganberry | … | ||||||||
| Apple and Strawberry | … | … | … | … | |||||
| Apple Jelly | … | … | … | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 40 |
| Apricot | … | … | … | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 40 |
| Apricot and Peach | … | … | … | … | 40 (20/20) | 20 | 40 (20/20) | ||
| Bilberry | … | … | … | … | … | … | — | — | 40 |
| Blackberry (or Bramble) and Blackberry (or Bramble) Seedless or Jelly. | 38 | 20 | 38 | ||||||
| Blackcurrent and Blackcurrant Jelly | … | … | 30 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Cherry | … | … | … | … | … | … | 45 | 20 | 40 |
| Damson and Damson Jelly | … | … | … | 38 | 20 | 38 | |||
| Elderberry Jelly and Elderberry Seedless | … | — | — | 40 | |||||
| Gooseberry | … | … | … | … | … | 35 | 20 | 30 | |
| Greengage | … | … | … | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 38 |
| Loganberry | … | … | … | … | … | … | 38 | 20 | 20 |
| Peach and Mixtures of Peach with Citrus Fruit | 40 | 20 | 40 | ||||||
| Pineapple | … | … | … | … | … | … | — | — | 40 |
| Plum and Plum Jelly | … | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 40 | ||
| Plum and Blackcurrent | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Plum and Raspberry | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Plum and Strawberry | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Quince Jelly | … | … | … | … | … | — | — | 40 | |
| Raspberry and Raspberry Seedless or Jelly | … | 38 | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Raspberry and Gooseberry | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 25 (10/15) | |||
| Raspberry and Redcurrent | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 20 (10/10) | |||
| Redcurrant Jelly | … | … | … | … | … | 35 | 20 | 20 | |
| Rhubarb | … | … | … | … | … | … | 45 | 20 | 40 |
| Rhubarb and Blackberry | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Rhubarb and Raspberry | … | … | … | … | 40 (30/10) | 20 | 40 (30/10) | ||
| Strawberry | … | … | … | … | … | 42 | 20 | 30 | |
| Strawberry and Gooseberry | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 30 (15/15) | |||
| All other jams | … | … | … | … | … | 40 | 20 | 40 | |
| Marmalade | … | … | … | … | … | … | not specified | not specified | 20 |
| Marmalade Special Standard (Coarse Cut) | … | 30 | |||||||
| Marmalade Special Standard (Jelly) | … | … | 20 | ||||||
| Note.—Where figures in brackets are specified in the second and fourth columns above in respect of a description of jam containing more than one variety of fruit the first figure denotes the content of the variety of fruit first mentioned in such description, and the second figure denotes the total content of the other varieties of fruit mentioned in such description. |
§ bonus would it not be better to improve, say, plum jam?
§ Dr. SummerskillThe percentage of plum in our jam today is as high as the percentage in our pre-war jam.
§ Following is the information: