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Ingredient dictionary

Jam on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Jam is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 589 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 251 kcal and 0.3 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does jam contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link jam to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is jam vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of jam are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.

VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does jam have on a label?

In English jam can also read “confiture”. On European labels it is “confiture” in French, “Konfitüre” in German and “confettura” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

In Englishconfiture

French: confiture
German: Konfitüre
Italian: confettura, confetture
Polish: dżem

Which foods contain jam?

Open Food Facts lists jam or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 589 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and milk and yoghurt. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Biscuits and cakes263
Sweets35
Milk and yoghurt27
Ready meals20
Pizzas, pies and quiches14
Dressings and sauces13

Products with it, by country of sale: France 162 · United States 156 · United Kingdom 118 · Italy 43.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where jam turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in jam?

Jam has about 251 kcal per 100 g, with 0.3 g protein, 61 g carbohydrate and 0.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Jam, strawberry” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

251kcal per 100 g

0.3g protein

61g carbohydrate

0.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 60 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 0.7 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 1,060 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31024 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is jam?

Kinds of jamRaspberry jam Strawberry jam Apricot jam Marmalade Apple jamLingonberry jamBlackcurrant jam

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Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

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