Cherry jam: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in cherry jam?

Of 318 packs of cherry jam whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, fewer than 1 in 100 list any of the main allergens. 5% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts and 4% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What is cherry jam usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of cherry jam list, with the share of packs that list each: cherry (94%), sugar (89%), lemon juice (44%) and fruit pectin (35%).

• Cherry94%
• Sugar89%
• Lemon juice44%
• Fruit pectin35%
• Cane sugar32%
• Sour cherry31%
• E330 citric acid30%
• Concentrated lemon juice29%
• Black cherry28%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 661 · Italy 129 · Germany 73 · Belgium 51.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for cherry jam.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is cherry jam?

In the Open Food Facts categories, cherry jam is a kind of fruit jam.

What else is cherry jam called?

French

Confitures de cerises, Confiture de cerise extra

German

Kirsche Konfitüren, Kirschmarmeladen

Spanish

Mermeladas y confituras de cereza, Mermeladas de cereza

Italian

Confetture di ciliegie, Marmellate di ciliegie

Dutch

Kersenjams

Portuguese

Doces de cereja

Swedish

Körsbärsylter

Danish

Kirsebærsyltetøj

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Cherry jam

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