Braingle: 'A Lawyer's Jam Problem' Brain Teaser

A Lawyer's Jam Problem

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Puzzle ID:	#18163
Fun:	(2.42)
Difficulty:	(2.95)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	horse_luver
Corrected By:	boodler

Maria was a health nut. She was also a Canadian lawyer. She was in the supermarket one day looking for some jam, but of course it had to be sugar-free, as she was crazy about health. As soon as she found some, she looked closely at the label. It clearly read "Sugar Free Jam". After reading this, she made a notation of the brand name of the jam and prepared to file a case against the company. The jam was actually sugar-free, so what other problem could she have with it?

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Answer

In Canada, anything called "Jam" has to have at least 10% sugar, so it is legally impossible to have "Sugar free jam". However, it can be called "Sugar-free fruit spread", as an example.
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Comments

Deskjet2187 Jul 09, 2004	This was hard!! I'm very impressed.
sparkplug Jul 09, 2004	I did not think it was a very hard teaser because I knew the difference. But it is a fun one and it can trick people so congratulations for the idea !
accordionman Jul 09, 2004	Well, that's one more bit of usless information i have learned.
oosunshyneoo Jul 09, 2004	Tough for me because I'm not sure in the Canadian ways! But creative and good!
IVIatrixSamurai Jul 09, 2004	If anything called "jam" has to be at least 10% sugar, and it said sugar free, then it had to be false advertising. Your hint threw me off but the answer went against the hint. Good teaser anyway.
sarcastic_brat53 Jul 12, 2004	If Maria was a health nut, why did she want sugarless jam? If she had sugarless jam, it would have aspartame or sucralose, which are less healthy than sugar, if she was a health nut, she would have been looking for organic jam. If she wanted sugarless jam, it would be because she's watching her weight, or has diabetes or something.
horse_luver Jul 12, 2004	sarcastic_brat53:jam doesn't have to be sweetened with aspartame or sucralose. It can also be sweetened with fruit juice. But you're right, she might have also wanted organic jam, but the teaser didn't really work that way because it took away from the point of it: the "sugar-free jam" part. Good point though.
Momable Jul 13, 2004	Have to be a Canadian to solve this
mosoh Jul 13, 2004	Not familiar with Canadian food additive laws.
gander Jul 18, 2004	Im not familiar with Canadian laws either, it had me all "Jamed" up. Good one!
CaNaDiAnGiRl Jul 22, 2004	For crying out loud it's just a fun little riddle don't try to correct little stuff that no one cares about. I thought it was a pretty interesting riddle I'm Canadian and I didn't even no that.Good One!
doggyxp Jul 23, 2004	I'll have to remember this next time I go food shopping in Canada.
hot_chick Jul 28, 2004	well that was a good teaser, i enjoyed that. it got my brain working for once, thanks for that!
rose_rox Aug 26, 2004	Funny. I'm Canadian but I don't know about jam laws.
eyecue Aug 29, 2004	Those Canadians...always trying to do things so different. Why can't they just use jelly?
dragontsupei Sep 02, 2004	Just because she's a Canadian lawyer doesn't mean she is shopping in Canada. She could have been on vacation in some other country.
bluetwo Nov 12, 2004	maybe it was actually "sugar free jam substitute", but she just didn't read very carefully
trickart262 Jan 05, 2005	I dop't think you should have included the part about her being a health nut, that way it sounds like she was looking for sugar-free jam to eat and not just to sue. Other than that, it was good. I liked the whole Canadian twist and it makes it all the better!
kcelf27 Apr 25, 2005	I got it right, but for the wrong reason...I just figured Jam, when made has sugar. I wouldn't have got it except the bit about false advertising. You have to assume that Jams in general MUST have sugar.
sweetime Jun 15, 2005	how is saying that the jam she bought isn't really jam not false advertising? i don't know about canadian legislation but that's what you'd sue for in australia... since your hint said that it wasn't false advertising, i went with she found a dead cockroach in it...
geofreak2010 Jun 24, 2005	Sorry im american
smarty_blondy Oct 01, 2005	You got me stumped on this one, i had no idea. Interesting though...
smiley_lover Mar 09, 2006	i dont know about Canadas jam laws .
smiley_lover Mar 09, 2006	didn't now i know
OldChinaHand Jul 10, 2006	Learnt something, from The Great White North land...Thanks.
crocodile Aug 06, 2009	Reeeeaaallllllyyyyy... I'm Canadian and I didn't know that... Keep up the good work!