Fruit jams, jellies, jams, marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree
National legislation
Ordinance on fruit jams, jellies, jams, marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree
Official Gazette, No. 84/2019
EU legislation
Competent authority
Ministry of Agriculture
Email: uprava.stocarstvo@mps.hr
Phone: +385 1 3903 111
Web: https://poljoprivreda.gov.hr/
Scope of national rule
Quality requirements that must be met by jam, extra jam, jelly, extra jelly, jam, jelly-jam, jam and sweetened chestnut puree in production and placing on the market
Main requirements that the business user needs to know about
Article 4. – 15. Quality requirements
Additional product category not covered by Council Directive 2001/113/EC - "jam"
"Jam" means a product of suitably thickened consistency produced by cooking fruit pulp and / or fruit purée of one or more kinds of fruit, with or without added sugar. The amount of sugar that is allowed to be added to the jam is up to 25% of the total amount of fruit.
National measure - Art. 5. products referred to in Article 1 (1) of this Ordinance which have a reduced sugar content may be placed on the market under the names set out in Annex I to this Ordinance, provided that they contain at least 55% soluble dry matter.
Market Surveillance Authority
State Inspectorate
Link to the TRIS database
In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule