The Marmalade Scandal: a sticky situation with the EU.
Marmalade, EU regulation, UK food labelling, citrus spread none of these sound like the beginning of a cultural moment, and yet here we are. A quiet little story about jars and labels has turned into something oddly revealing about how modern Britain works, and how it continues to align with European Union standards even after Brexit. The issue itself is simple enough on the surface: definitions around “marmalade” versus more generic “citrus spread” are being nudged, standardised, tidied up for the sake of trade and consistency. Sensible, perhaps. Necessary, maybe. But also, if you sit with…
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