EU Protected Food Names Scheme - UK registered names
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 - Application for Registration Article 17
Protected
Geographical Indication
National application No: 00918B - Gloucestershire Cider
1. Competent service of the Member State:
Name: United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tel: 020 7238 6687
Fax: 020 7238 5728
2. Applicant group:
a) Name: Bob Price
b) Address: C/o Food & Drink Federation, 8 Catherine Street, London WC2B 5JJ
Tel: 020 7836 2460
Fax: 020 7836 0580
c) Composition: producer/processor (12 )
3. Name of product:
Gloucestershire Cider
4. Type of product (see list in Annex VI):
Cider Class 1.8
5. Specification - Summary of requirement under Article 4(2)):
a) Name:
Gloucestershire Cider
b) Description of Product:
A traditional cider prepared by fermentation of locally grown cider apples with up to 25% perry pear juice, exhibiting rich appley flavours with marked astringency and a balance between sweetness and bitterness.
c) Geographical area:
The County of Gloucestershire
d) Proof of origin:
Only juices from locally grown varieties of traditional cider apples and perry pears are used to produce cider in Gloucestershire.
e) Method of production:
Fruit is pressed to obtain the juice. Sugar content and acidity is adjusted as required. The juice is fermented naturally or using cider yeast for a period of up to 3 months. The cider is then racked off and matured for up to 6 months. Product is then filtered, centrifuged and or clarified.
f) Link
Cider is produced in the county using traditional, local apples and pears which give the cider its unique fruity flavour supported by characteristic bitterness and astringency.
g) Inspection bodies:
Environmental Health and Trading Standards
Address: Brockington, 35 Hafod Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1SH
Tel: 01432 260500
h) Labelling:
PGI
i) National requirements (if any):
EC No:
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