Post #2633593
2026-05-17 08:35 UTC
Sugar is used as a preservative but until you make your own jam you have no conception of how much sugar is used, jam is just jelly for adults.
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-05-18 04:15
I made jam once . Raspberry. After realizing it was like 3 or 4 cups of sugar per 1 cup of mashed berries cooked down. I tried to find alternative ways to doing it. I used 1/3 less sugar and substituted with Splenda. It was a very tart jam though still edible. Probably won’t ever make it again. I just happened to live somewhere with a bunch of raspberry bushes then. It’s not cheap to do it either. Cheaper than store bought. Probably . But probably not by much. Sugar, jars, lids, and pectin. And if the fruit ain’t free, it’s definitely not cheaper than store bought.
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@RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2026-05-18 04:34
Its equal parts weight of the fruit and the sugar, generally. But it tastes amazing!