SMUCKER’S JELLY — FAR FROM HOMEMADE™

Updated August 2026

RAPID REVIEW

Here’s a look at what’s in Smucker’s Concord Grape Jelly which is banned at Whole Foods for High Fructose Corn Syrup and contains four ingredients we would never use at home to make Jelly. (Sources: The J.M. Smucker Company Smucker’s Website 8/26: Amazon Whole Foods Website 8/26; U.S. FDA 2026)

Following is a comparison of Smucker’s Concord Grape Jelly vs. Walmart Great Value:

Seen below, Smucker’s Low Sugar variety has less Added Sugar . . . but it also has Water, Citric Acid, Locust Bean Gum and Calcium Chloride:

THEN: Mr. J.M. Smucker — the company Founder — believed, “We must take a stand for higher ideals if our life is to have counted for anything.”

NOW: Below is a snapshot of the various Smucker’s fruit-based Spreads. Only the Simply Fruit is Closest To Homemade >> the other Smucker’s products all have ingredients we would never use at home to make Fruit Spreads including FDA-recognized Preservative(s), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Firming Agents, Thickening Gums, commercial Natural Flavor and Artificial Sweetener.

Following are several Fruit Spreads and Conserves which are Closest To Homemade:

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