St. Dalfour Strawberry Fruit Spread — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates St. Dalfour Strawberry Fruit Spread by ST DALFOUR TREAT — score 45/90.

A clean, short ingredient list, but it's essentially concentrated fruit sugar in a jar. No cane sugar doesn't mean no sugar.

Why this verdict

• Around 50% sugar by weight; grape and date juice concentrates are the sweetener
• Indulgent spread, not a nutrition source, despite the fruity framing
• Clean, short list with no artificial additives keeps it out of DUMP territory

Ingredients (4)

• strawberries (safe) — Real fruit — the base of the conserve, brings some flavor, color, and a little fiber and vitamin C.
• Fruit juice concentrates (grape and date) (moderate) — This is the sweetener. Concentrated juice is stripped of fiber and acts like added sugar in your body regardless of the fruit label.
• Fruit Pectin (safe) — Gelling agent to thicken the thinned-out base.
• lemon juice (safe) — Natural acidity and a little vitamin C; nothing concerning.