Jams & Fruit Spreads

Organic jam and fruit spreads from Biona, Clearspring, Organic Kitchen, Seggiano and Thursday Cottage.

Strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, apricot, morello cherry and orange marmalade.

Most of these are fruit spreads rather than jam, and that's a legal distinction in the UK, not marketing: jam has to contain a minimum proportion of sugar to be called jam. Fruit spreads are sweetened with fruit juice or apple concentrate instead, so they carry more fruit and taste sharper.

The trade-off is shelf life. Sugar is a preservative, so a low-sugar spread needs refrigerating once opened and using within a few weeks rather than sitting in the cupboard until next summer.