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. 

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. 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. In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom."Jaffa Cakes - definitely not biscuits - prepare to take on imitators" . The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2014

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Category:British food
Category:Baked foods