

The powder is mixed with water to make a calcium water that can be stored in the refrigerator for several months and used for future batches of your delicious jams or jellies! Honey, maple syrup, sugar, sucanat, stevia, or any other sweetener…YOU choose.Ī packet of calcium powder is included in each box, so you don’t have to worry about purchasing any extra ingredients. This pectin allows you to use low amounts of the sweetener of your choice. This pectin depends on calcium instead of ridiculous amounts of added sugar to get a firmly set jam. Last year I felt like I hit the jackpot when I discovered this natural pectin that is extracted from citrus peels. And I’m just not down with that.įurthermore, I would prefer to use a natural sweetener, like raw local honey, to sweeten my homemade jam. If only there was a way to make freezer jam with a natural sweetener. I noticed the high sugar content would sometimes overpower the flavor of the delicious fruit I had so carefully selected for my jam. It always seemed so silly because the berries I use to make jam are already sweet.

The issue with most fruit pectins is they require SO MUCH sugar to create a firm jam.

You just mash your fruit, add sweetener and pectin, and you’ve got jam to store in your freezer and enjoy all year long. I always choose to make freezer jam because it saves time in the kitchen. I think it kind of defeats the purpose of making jam if it ends up being pure sugar and you have to treat it like a dessert you can only consume on special occasions. This was my predicament for many summers. Do you love making freezer jam, but hate all the sugar that has to be added to make it jell? Then once your fresh fruit is made into jam you almost feel guilty eating it because it’s loaded with sugar?
