Spartan Concord Grape Jelly — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Spartan Concord Grape Jelly by Spartan ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Two corn syrups (high-fructose + regular) carry this jelly, not grapes. It's basically grape-flavored sugar gel.

Why this verdict

• Two added sweeteners stacked on top of fruit juice (HFCS + corn syrup)
• About 8g sugar per tablespoon, roughly 40% sugar by weight
• Grape juice is from concentrate, not whole fruit
• Built for cheap shelf-stable sweetness, not nutrition

Ingredients (6)

• Concord Grape Juice (from concentrate) (moderate) — Reconstituted juice concentrate — fruit-derived but stripped of fiber and concentrated in sugar.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — A second refined sweetener stacked on the first; fructose load is linked to fatty liver and metabolic strain.
• Corn Syrup (concerning) — Cheap glucose syrup; pure added sugar with no nutrition, here as the second-largest ingredient.
• Fruit Pectin (safe) — Natural fruit-derived gelling fiber; harmless and used to set the jelly.
• citric acid (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness; harmless in this amount but can be rough on tooth enamel.
• sodium citrate (safe) — Acidity buffer/stabilizer; safe additive.