Review: Smuckers Low Sugar Concord Grape Jelly

(No corporate compensation was made for purchase of this product or review of it. This review has been written solely for the purpose of giving a "shout out" to Smuckers for a great product!)

In an effort to find a reasonably priced grape jelly void of artificial sweeteners or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), I came across Smuckers Low Sugar Concord Grape Jelly. While it does contain regular sugar that I'm assuming is yucky refined white sugar, I'll take that over HFCS or artificial sweeteners any day.

Prior to finding this product in the grocery store, I looked for sugar-free versions of grape jelly or jam only to find organic products that cost a fortune at the health-food store or products in the regular grocery that contained Splenda, which we no longer allow in our house. Although most of what we eat is organic, there are some items where I make exceptions for this reason or that - expense or whatever.

The organic grape jellies I was finding were very small jars and cost more than $5 per jar in the health food store. The regular grocery store options included products that fit one of the three categories: a)contained Splenda b)were sugar-free and sweetened only with fruit juice but were not offered in grape (DS wants grape!!!) OR c)contained HFCS.

Given the above options, I grabbed a jar of the "low sugar" product for inspection of its ingredients and found it met my criteria.

I purchased the jar of Smuckers and found - much to our surprise at one recent breakfast - that it is one of the best grape jellies I've ever tasted. It has such a "grape-y" flavor to it with much of the crap missing from it that it makes one wonder why manufacturers feel a need to add so much HFCS to begin with.

Conclusion: A definite keeper and a double thumbs-up. We enjoyed this as well as our son who was the real judge. And at a little over a dollar (sale and a coupon combined!) this was a major bargain find.....especially when one compares it to its $5 organic counterpart!