Brightens up plain old porridge! (SuperJam Blueberry & Blackcurrant)

Member Name: sakura8

Product:	SuperJam Blueberry & Blackcurrant
Date:	22/07/09 (112 review reads)
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Advantages: No added sugar, really fruity

Disadvantages: Seeds get stuck in my teeth!

Since I've been doing my cooking course I've been eating porridge for breakfast to give me energy and to fight off the hunger pangs until lunchtime. But I have to have something sweet on it as I just don't have the traditional palate for salt on my porridge.

I normally sprinkle a little sugar to sweeten, but my brother didn't have any in his house, so I nipped round to Waitrose, which is luckily just around the corner. Whilst I was browsing the aisles I remembered reading a great review about SuperJam, so I headed straight for the jam aisle.

SuperJam comes in 3 different varieties: Blueberry & Blackcurrant, Cranberry & Raspberry, and Rhubarb & Ginger. I chose the Blueberry & Blackcurrant variety as I like both fruits and I thought it sounded like a good combination.

The ethos behind SuperJam is that it is a 100% pure fruit spread made with no added sugar or sweeteners, instead being sweetened with grape juice. Apart from it being a healthier option, I love the fact that the company is owned by an 18 year old entrepreneur called Fraser Doherty who learned how to make jam from his Gran.

The jams come in glass jars with a nice and simple label. The ingredients list is reassuringly short: concentrated grape juice, blueberries (18%), blackcurrants (18%), gelling agent, fruit pectin and lemon juice.

I tried a little bit of the jam on its own and it tasted incredibly fruity and naturally sweet. So I added about a teaspoon to my porridge and stirred it through. The jammy spoonfuls of porridge I ate were really enjoyable, but the plain porridge wasn't very nice, so I added about a tablespoon more jam. Now each mouthful was jam-packed (excuse the pun) with fruity goodness.

There were lovely chunks of blueberries and blackcurrants, which popped in my mouth and released their juices. I normally struggle to get through a bowl of porridge, but with this jam stirred through it I ate it almost as quickly as Goldilocks after she'd found Baby Bear's breakfast.

You should keep your opened jar of SuperJam in the fridge and use it within 3 weeks of opening. I have been using a generous tablespoon of jam with every bowl of porridge, so I finished the whole jar within 2 weeks. But it is smaller than most jars of jam at only 212g, compared with the usual 340g.

Price-wise it is at the top end of the market at £1.49, which equates to 65.6p per 100g, which is just slightly less than the Bonne Maman Wild Blueberry Conserve.

I think it is well worth the money because it is a healthier option and I feel like I am getting some fruit into my diet without any effort at all. My only complaint is that the blackcurrant seeds get stuck in my teeth!

Gluten, nut and animal free.
Available from most supermarkets.
www.superjam.co.uk

Summary: My new favourite jam.