Multiple ways to enjoy healthy fruit & vegetable spreads

Jam? Preserve? Jelly? Fruit spread? Marmalade? Curd?

I bet you all must ever heard these terms. However, do you know how to differentiate jam and its cousins? Well, all of them mostly are differed by the process and what ingredients are added in the mixture. Scroll to know the family tree of jam!



Talking about jam and fruit spread, many people think that they both are the same thing and when they purchase the thing, they just take it based on their preference without checking the differences.

Jam
Fruit jam can be done by chopped, crushed, pureed fruit (therefore it may contain fruit pulp) and sugar. According to FDA (2019), the sugar content itself to claim it as a fruit jam is not lower than 65%. WOW, such a huge number!! Some fruit jam might ad pectin as gel agent. Unlike jelly, fruit jam not as compact as jelly.

Fruit spread
Fruit spread still can be considered as jam. However, the ratio of the sugar is the key to differ them. Well, fruit spread contains less sugar as compared to jam, which is healthier!!

What makes them thick?
In order to make a thick fruit spread and jam, most of the time sugar is being used. In fruits itself, it contains a substance which called as pectin. By heating up together the fruit and sugar, the pectin in the fruit combine together with sugar and cause a thickening texture (Pick Your Own, 2019). The sugar also helps to preserve the fruit. Thus, it will last longer. For some other fruits that has low pectin, gelling agent can be a substitute option. Preserving sugar, agar agar, pectin, guar gum, gelatin are the examples of the gelling agent (Stephan, 2019).

GREAT NEWS!!
In Signature Market, we have fruit spreads with variety of flavours. The fruit choices are healthy and tasty. Moreover, the most important thing is, NO added sugar!! Yes, some of the fruit spread in Signature Market has the natural sweetness which can be enjoyed for all of us. Signature Market’s fruit spread can be a great alternative for you to consume fruits in fast, convenient, and of course healthier way. Ups but that’s not all yet. Signature Market also have vegetable spreads for you! Sounds unique right? Don’t forget to find out more in our product list!

Benefits of Signature Market’s fruit and vegetable spreads:
- Natural sweet from the fruit
- Longer shelf life as compared to fresh fruit
- Convenient to consume without lose much nutrients
- Has fibre texture
- Can be given to your little kids as healthy snacks

Ways to enjoy Signature Market’s fruit spread:
- Direct consume
- Spread on your bread for breakfast, or on your cookies for snacks
- Topping on your oatmeal, chia seed pudding
- Side for your roasted meat and mashed potatoes

Health should not be sacrificed by busy life. Make a healthier choice in busy life with natural fruit & vegetable spread products to brighten up your day! Enjoy the wholesome products at wholesale prices!

Notes: most of the fruit spreads are no added sugar. However, you still may find few fruit spreads with added sugar which is to enhance the taste of the fruit spread (so, make sure you read the ingredient list)

References:
Farano, S. (2018). Homemade fruit spread - Two spoons of better.
Pick Your Own. (2019). Pectin for Making Homemade Jam.
Stephan, J. (2019). Homemade Jam—It’s Easier Than You Think!.
U. S. Health Department of Health & Human Services. (2019). FOOD AND DRUGS. US: Code of Federal Regulations.