Smucker's double fruit blueberry jam
Do any of you know where I can get Smucker's Double Fruit Blueberry jam in GTA?
Jan 23rd, 2018 7:41 pm
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Jan 24th, 2018 10:10 pm
That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I'll check out Sobey's this weekend.playnicee1 wrote: ↑ I've seen it as a "fruit spread" but not as a jam.
Sobey's has some.
http://www.smuckers.ca/Better-For-You/D ... uit-Spread
Jan 25th, 2018 9:45 am
Jan 25th, 2018 6:16 pm
That doesn't surprise me, since Freshco is owned by Sobey's.toronto19850 wrote: ↑ I saw the double fruit spread by smucker's at freshco, but I am not 100% sure if blueberry was there
I remember specifically orange/apricot and strawberry. They taste really good, it's more of a puree than a jam. Really easy to spread and chunks of fruit.
Jan 25th, 2018 7:01 pm
Jan 26th, 2018 12:46 am
Jan 26th, 2018 12:37 pm
You do realize that a jar of jam is like $3 ...Mtnviewer wrote: ↑ This is SO EASY to make at home!!! Buy a 2 Kg bag of blueberries from Costco or Superstore, for $8.99-$11.99 (or smaller bag but less savings), & these basic ingredients as from the ingredients list on the teeny expensive 250 ml Bonne Maman's jar, "sugar, golden sugar, concentrated lemon juice, fruit pectin", bring to a boil on a stove, simmer for maybe 20 minutes & then put into jars (make to suit your own taste).
To make jam or fruit spread is one of the easiest things to cook yourself, at a fraction of the price of store bought, Smuckers or especially Bonne Maman. All you do is mix a few ingredients, heat it, stand there & stir it a bit, watch TV, read or ????, let it cool & then put into containers & into the fridge. Now THAT is an RFD deal!
Jan 26th, 2018 1:48 pm
The recipe will make many multiples of the amount you would buy for $3, so their point is still valid.toronto19850 wrote: ↑ You do realize that a jar of jam is like $3 ...
Jan 26th, 2018 4:31 pm
You could also buy multiple the amounts you would buy for $3 for more...the point is $3 is cheaper than making your own.Chickinvic wrote: ↑ The recipe will make many multiples of the amount you would buy for $3, so their point is still valid.
Jan 27th, 2018 1:55 pm
Jan 27th, 2018 2:16 pm
500ml, about $3 and a bit of change after taxes, under $3 before. First ingredient is raspberries. (Because it’s raspberry jam).Mtnviewer wrote: ↑ Please clarify what $3 jam you are talking about? What volume for $3 & what ingredients? But if it's Bonne Maman, good for you that $3/250 ml of jam is affordable to you. It is not to me. I can & do make better jam / spread for less at home, with little effort. So many things are so easy to make at home vs. buying the more expensive retail product & usually with very little effort. Jam, pizza, peanut butter, bread & so on.
$3 / 250 ml is $12 per litre. That's pretty expensive jam to me & I would not buy it for that price. Costco sells, IMO, a decent quality Saskatoon Berry Jam for $6.59/L, Superstore sells it for $6.99+/L jar.
If you read the ingredients list on the jams, few start with "berries" as the main ingredient, whereas if you make your own, it would be. A jar of Triple Fruit Smuckers lists in order, "Water, Sugar, 3 berries, fruit pectin, citric acid, carbo bean gum, sodium benzoate, colour". It's cost is $5.99/L for mostly water & sugar.
Some brands are less than $3 perhaps, though you don't say $3 for what volume per jar, but what quality is it & how much fruit does it really contain? Superstore sells some low cost jams but the ingredients are not great.
If home making a jam or spread, one can have greater control of the ingredients, taste & cost.
Jan 27th, 2018 5:06 pm
It is true that jam is a simple food that has been perfected a long time ago and is not expensive especially if you shop sales etc. But we have started making peach and strawberry jam because we find it does taste better - we pick ripe fruit or buy it at our local farmers market at the height of the season when the flavours are at their peak. The last strawberry picking of the season is often when they have developed the most complex flavour.toronto19850 wrote: ↑
The cost of storage, effort, time to save a couple pennies/dollars on stuff that will probably go rancid is idiotic in my opinion. Plus you have to factor in the amount of test batches you’ll go through that will be wasted or washed down because they taste bad. Not to to mention if the berries you got were bitter the whole batch of jam would be wasted.
I guess if you eat a jar of jam every week or two it’d be worth it. Maybe even a jar every month. You’d probably end up spending more money in the end but you’d be able to customize your jam. I could care less about that
Jan 27th, 2018 5:21 pm
Cost of storage? Minimal as I run a refrigerator with other things & or put it in the cold storage. Rancid? Won't go rancid (mold growth) very quickly at all if it is again refrigerated. It doesn't matter if you buy it or make it, you would still have the same storage or spoilage issues.toronto19850 wrote: ↑
The cost of storage, effort, time to save a couple pennies/dollars on stuff that will probably go rancid is idiotic in my opinion. Plus you have to factor in the amount of test batches you’ll go through that will be wasted or washed down because they taste bad. Not to to mention if the berries you got were bitter the whole batch of jam would be wasted.
I guess if you eat a jar of jam every week or two it’d be worth it. Maybe even a jar every month. You’d probably end up spending more money in the end but you’d be able to customize your jam. I could care less about that
Jan 27th, 2018 6:03 pm
Jan 27th, 2018 6:17 pm
The difference is one jar of jam won’t go rancid because you’ll actually use it before then. 2-2.5L, maybeMtnviewer wrote: ↑ Cost of storage? Minimal as I run a refrigerator with other things & or put it in the cold storage. Rancid? Won't go rancid (mold growth) very quickly at all if it is again refrigerated. It doesn't matter if you buy it or make it, you would still have the same storage or spoilage issues.
$10 of blueberries will make 2-2.5 litres of high quality jam. One could get that to go further with a runnier version or using more sugar, etc..
I've never thrown out a batch for being "bitter", as sugar is used to reduce bitterness. I've never thrown out or washed down a test batch. It's not that difficult to taste it as you make it? It's a very difficult thing to make badly as it's so simple.
I'm not here to fight with you or to prove you are wrong or right. I Just thought that RFD was a place to help us all save some money? I'm glad that you have a way that works for you, but your finances or budget, doesn't work for everyone, nor do we all have access to the same stores or selection as you do, nor do we all live in urban areas with stores & good price competition. I for one have to travel 200+ kms to a Walmart. Many products, not just jams, are extremely expensive in the nearest one grocery store small town to me. The other nearest towns are 100+ kms away. But cost savings are there even in urban areas by making many processed items oneself. Convenience isn't always saving money IME.
Enjoy your raspberry jam.
Jan 27th, 2018 10:56 pm
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Jan 28th, 2018 6:31 pm
what grocery stores are these found at?Deal Grabber wrote: ↑ Get the real deal and call it a day, smuckers is low tier stuff.
http://www.bonnemaman.ca/marmelades/?la ... roduct=647
Thank me later.