Berry Jam
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Traditional recipes require LOTS of sugar with fruit to sugar ratios ranging from 5:3 to 1:1. Just love jam, but hate the hefty price tag that goes along with the sugarless all fruit jams? Man, $5 for a teeny tiny jar LOADED with sugar! On top of that, the natural fruit flavor is diluted with grape juice concentrate and many “organic” brands contain additives, such as thickeners, preservatives, or artificial sweeteners, many of which aren’t labeled as organic, so they are definitely processed from genetically modified grains like corn.
The label reading nerd I am, I noticed that a jam marked “organic” had non-organic dextrose, citric acid, and pectin. The fruit and sugar were organic, but nothing else on the label – plus organic sugar was the number one ingredient, there was more sugar than fruit in the spread. Continue reading
