"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "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.

Splenda is iffy for me. Could not stand 7Up after they put it in there. I
do use it maybe once a year in cooking or baking but am more likely to do
the brown sugar/Splenda blend.