Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600958
10/13/97

### PREPPARING BUTTERS, JAMS, JELLIES, AND MARMALADES

        Sweet spreads are a class of foods with many  textures,

    flavors
      and colors.  They all consist of fruits  preserved

    mostly
     by means of sugar and they are thickened or  jellied

    to
     some  extent.  Fruit jelly is a  semi-solid  mixture  of

    fruit
    juice and sugar that is clear and firm enough to  hold

    its
     shape.  Other spreads are made from crushed  or  ground

    fruit.

        Jam also will hold its shape, but it is less firm  than

    jelly.
      Jam  is  made from crushed or  chopped  fruits  and

    sugar.
      Jams  made  from a mixture of  fruits  are  usually

    called
     conserves,  especially  when  they  include   citrus

    fruits,
     nuts, raisins, or coconut.  Preserves are  made  of

    small,
     whole fruits or uniform-size pieces of fruits  in  a

    clear,
     thick, slightly jellied syrup.  Marmalades are  soft

    fruit
     jellies  with small pieces of fruit  or  citrus  peel

    evenly
    suspended in a transparent jelly.  Fruit butters  are

    made
    from fruit pulp cooked with sugar until thickened to  a

    spreadable
    consistency.

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