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A point of order are Jaffa Cakes biscuits?
They're cakes, surely?
A point of order are Jaffa Cakes biscuits?
They're cakes, surely?
In the UK, value added tax is payable on chocolate covered biscuits, but not on chocolate covered cakes. McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes in court, producing a 12" (30 cm) Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes. McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, among other things, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Potter QC, included the name, ingredients, texture, size, packaging, marketing, presentation, appeal to children, and manufacturing process. Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes in the UK.
However, in 1999, the Sun newspaper published a poll which suggested that the majority of its readers thought of the Jaffa Cake as a biscuit, not cake.
They're cakes, surely?
Great debate as I have been eating so many recently...
1) Malted Milk
What a great shout. Unbelievable shout!
I am massively happy that malted milk has fellow backing!!! That pleases me immensely!
Another shout for malted milk as well.
I'll add in chocolate digestives and shortbread as well. Now we've established this* sports people as biscuits?
I am massively happy that malted milk has fellow backing!!! That pleases me immensely!
Anyone who hasn't included HobNobs in their list either hasn't tried them, has faulty taste buds or is just lying to gain notoriety.
Only if they have pictures on them!!!