BLACKCURRANT CIDER, A FERMENTED APPLE BEVERAGE WITH AN ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 4% ABV, CARBONATED TO A LEVEL OF 2.0 BAR AT 20 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND PUT UP IN A 500ML GLASS BOTTLE SEALED WITH A CROWN CAP. THE FERMENTED APPLEBEVERAGE IS MADE FROM A BLEND OF BASE APPLE WINE, COPNCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, GLUCOSE/FRUCTOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED BLACKCURRANT JUICE, NATURAL FLAVOURINGS AND WATER. AS IT IS A FERMENTED PRODUCT, IT IS PRESERVED WITH SODIUM METABISULPHITE AND GIVEN A LIGHT PASTEURISATION TO KILL ANY YEAST CELLS REMAINING. THE APPLE JUICE CONTENT OF THE FERMENTED APPLE BEVERAGE AT 4% ABV IS 41%. THE BASE APPLE WINE IS FERMENTED FROM CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, SUGAR AND FERMENTATION SALTS. YEAST IS ADDED AND THE FERMENTATION CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TO COMPLETION AT 14% ABV FOLLOWED BY FILTRATION. THE BASE APPLE WINE CONTAINS 75% APPLE JUICE AND IS COLOURED. NO FURTHER CLEAN-UP TREATMENTS SUCH AS REVERSE OSMOSIS OR ULTRAFILTRATION ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE BASE APPLE WINE. THE BASE APPLE WINE IS CLASSIFIED TO 2206008900 AND HAS A BTI REFERENCE OF GB123293883.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 2206 OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD); MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED GIR 5 (B) HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING - 500ML BOTTLE CN CODE 22060031 OTHER: SPARKLING IN CONTAINERS HOLDING: 2 LITRES OR LESS: CIDER AND PERRY ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) GENERAL NOTE TO HEADING 22.06