Jaffas are a New Zealand registered

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for a small round sweet consisting of a solid, orange flavoured

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centre with a hard covering of red coloured confectionery. The name derives from the

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. The sweet is part of both Australiana and

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. James Stedman-Henderson's Sweets Ltd, under their brand Sweetacres, released Jaffas onto the Australian and New Zealand markets in 1931. The confectionery is currently made in Australia by

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lollies, a division of

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and in New Zealand by RJ's Confectionery in Levin. A number of Australian and New Zealand amateur sporting groups use ''Jaffas'' as a team name. In

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every year a vast quantity of Jaffas is raced down

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– the world's steepest residential street, according to the ''

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'' – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is held in conjunction with the

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.Chocolate Carnival 2010
, ''chocolatecarnival.co.nz'', Retrieved 26 April 2010 The initial number of 20,000 Jaffas has now been increased to 30,000 Jaffas. Similarly, "rolling Jaffas down the aisle" at the movie theatre is also a piece of Australian and New Zealand folklore, to the point that it was included in advertising in the 1970s. The Australian supermarket business Coles has a generic version called "Choc Orange Balls"; similar products are made by other manufacturers.

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