Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves

Ever since my dentist told me to limit my sugar intake a few months ago, I've been drinking diet soda and trying all sorts of sugar free food items. A few days ago, I ate Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves for the first time and I'm amazed by the flavor and texture of the preserves.

If I didn't know that these preserves were sugar free, I would never guess it. This Smucker's product seems like a good item to review, so here is one food writer's product review of Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves.

Size
The net weight of the standard sized container of Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves is 12.75 ounces. According to the product's nutrition facts label, the container holds about 21 one tablespoon (17 grams) servings.

Price
The regular retail price charged for one 12.75 ounce container of Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves at Hartford, Connecticut area supermarkets ranges between $3.09 and $3.29.

This price seems very reasonable to me, considering the fact that this is somewhat of a specialty item.

Consistency / Texture
Although it is a sugar free item, Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves offers pretty much the same pleasing consistency as a high quality, regular - style variety of red raspberry preserves.

These preserves are nice and thick with pieces of real raspberries and they spread upon pieces of bread and other food items with ease. For breakfast today, I ate a peanut butter sandwich which included some of these preserves and the mouth feel offered by the preserves was virtually identical to that offered by regular style, sugared preserves.

Nutritional Facts
Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves contain 10 calories per one tablespoon (17 grams) serving. These sugar free preserves also contain 0 grams total fat, 0 mg of sodium, 5 grams total carbohydrates, 0 grams of sugars and 0 grams of protein, per one tablespoon serving.

Taste / Flavor
Advances in food technology in recent years have allowed food companies to create a wide range of sugar free products that are very similar in flavor and texture to regular style, sugared products. Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves are one of those products.

To me, these sugar free preserves taste just like regular style, sugared preserves. The same vibrant fruit flavor is present in these preserves and they taste nice and sweet, only minus the sugar.

On a flavor scale of one through ten, I would assign these preserves a rating of 9.50.

Packaging
Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves are packaged in a clear glass jar, with an attractive, blue and white, criss-cross patterned lid.

A clean - looking white and blue front label with clusters of raspberries in the upper corners decorates the jar and the rear label lists all pertinent ingredient and nutritional information.

Overall Rating
What a great product these sugar free preserves are. If you must limit your sugar intake due to health or diet reasons, or you simply want to enjoy eating sweet items, without consuming sugar, try eating Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves. Chances are, you'll be glad you tried this item.

Smucker's Sugar Free Red Raspberry Preserves are normally stocked and sold at supermarkets across America and are highly recommended by this food writer.

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