Jaffas are an Australian–New Zealand registered

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for a small round

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consisting of a solid, orange-flavoured

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centre with a hard covering of a red

shell. The name derives from the

Jaffa orange The Jaffa orange (Arabic: برتقال يافا, ) is an Orange (fruit), orange variety with few seeds and a tough skin that make it highly exportable. It was developed by Palestinian Arab, Arab farmers in mid-19th century Ottoman Palestine, and ...

. Jaffas are part of both

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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 ''Jaffa'' as a team name. In

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, New Zealand, 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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Chocolate Carnival
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