"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Alice Faber" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> "W. Baker" > wrote:
>>
>>> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>>> : On 9/18/2013 1:10 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>>> : > I recently saw Polaner's sugar-free apricot jam and bought it. It
>>> : > contains 4 grams of carb per Tablespoon of which 3 are fiber(it has
>>> added
>>> : > fiber) and is sweetened with sucralose, no sugar alcohols, and 10
>>> calories
>>> : > per tablespoonful. I found it very pleasant and will look for other
>>> : > flavors in the future. I do make my own jams form berries when I
>>> canget
>>> : > them, but this apricot looked like a good bet. I had some this
>>> morning
>>> : > with a piece of low carb toast adn it was very god adn went nicely
>>> with
>>> : > the poached eggs and my black coffee.
>>> : >
>>> : > Sucralose works forme, unlike the sugar alohols, which really annoy
>>> my
>>> : > gut.
>>> : >
>>> : > Wendy
>>> : >
>>>
>>> : On the rare (once a year or less) occasion I make coconut shrimp for
>>> DH,
>>> : I use Polaners apricot to make a dipping sauce by adding in some Dijon
>>> : mustard to taste.
>>>
>>> : --
>>> : Janet Wilder
>>> : Way-the-heck-south Texas
>>> : Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>>>
>>> I checked the Fairway today where I had gotten the original jar of the
>>> sugar-free fiber Apricot jam and found thae only other flavor they had
>>> was
>>> concord Grape, fine for kids with PB&J, but not to my taste. I
>>> don'tknow
>>> if they will be putting out any more flavos or if the store will be
>>> carrying any more.
>>
>> My supermarkets (Stop and Shop and Shoprite) regularly carry Polaner and
>> Smuckers jams sweetened with Splenda. (Smuckers also has some
>> stevia-sweetened jams.) In addition, the Stop and SHop store brand also
>> has some Splenda-sweetened jams. I regularly get strawberry, peach,
>> apricot, seedless blackberry, raspberry, orange marmalade, and blueberry.
>
> I used to eat and thought that I liked the Smuckers. I never eat it
> straight up on toast or anything like that. Just a smidge on a peanut
> butter sandwich. Then I tried the Crofters all fruit and loved it. Could
> not find the Crofters one day so went back to the Smuckers. Found that I
> could not eat it at all. Just tasted artificial to me. The Crofters may
> well contain fruit juice. Not sure. But since I only have a tiny dab
> that matters very little.


I used to like Smuckers when it was sweetened with Equal, but haven't had
any since I couldn't find it without Splenda after awhile.

Cheri