Author Topic: Are Jaffa cakes a Biscuit or a Cake?!! (Read 21757 times)

chocolate chick · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2004, 01:16:11 pm »

Mmmm Kendal Mint Cake is lovely!

« **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:24:57 pm »

Quote from: lemoneye

And what about Kendall Mint CAKE?

Is that really a cake??

Yes a cake of mint!

Mmmmmm, choc covered Kendal mint cake.

« **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:26:33 pm »

Quote from: paulham

We fought the EU and WE won-cake.

It was to save VAT or something similar i believe.

chocolate chick · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:52:53 pm »

I can get mint cake in the newsagents across the road from work!

aveit101 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:14:04 pm »

OK den

oldspice · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2004, 07:54:42 pm »

I love mint cake too. And Bounty - if Jaffa cakes were a cake they'd be in the cake section - not the biscuit section! It's got bugger all to do with honey and marmalade!

« **Reply #21 on:** October 08, 2004, 09:36:57 am »

There's only one thing for it - I'll contact McVitee's. I'll let you know their response.

« **Reply #22 on:** October 08, 2004, 02:04:31 pm »

Here is United Biscuit's, who run McVite's response to my email this morning.

Dear Andy

Jaffa Cakes are actually classed as a cake.

Regards
Consumer Services Department

chocolate chick · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2004, 02:26:10 pm »

Hmmmm

lemoneye · « **Reply #24 on:** October 08, 2004, 02:50:11 pm »

No, I am Spartacus!

oldspice · « **Reply #25 on:** October 08, 2004, 03:43:44 pm »

I'd better take them out of my biscuit barrel then!

Sugar · « **Reply #26 on:** October 08, 2004, 04:01:15 pm »

Sad but true I know the answer to this one.

VAT is payable on biscuits but not cakes. The Vatman argued they were biscuits as that was where they are stored in the supermarket. McVities won though saying they were cakes - the scientific experiment in court was that cakes go hard when left out of a tin and biscuits go soft. M&S used same argument a couple of years ago re their chocolate teacakes (Yum).

loulou · « **Reply #27 on:** October 10, 2004, 04:32:54 pm »

Oldspice i am keeping mine in my biscuit barrel.

I buy them from the biscuit aisle and when i shop online Tesco have them listed in their biscuit section so i don't accept they are cakes.

oldspice · « **Reply #28 on:** October 10, 2004, 05:07:10 pm »

I agree! Nice to hear from you again lou.

« **Reply #29 on:** October 10, 2004, 09:21:25 pm »

Enough people keep saying they are biscuit and the vatman will change his mind!

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Author Topic: Are Jaffa cakes a Biscuit or a Cake?!! (Read 21757 times)