Jam or preserves: regular and reduced sugar

Jam or preserves: 14 grams of carbohydrate in 1 tablespoon.

Jam or preserves, reduced sugar: 6.4 grams of carbohydrate in 1 tablespoon.

Both foods are shown for the same measure: 1 tablespoon.

In 1 tablespoon of each food

Sodium

Jam or preserves
6 milligrams of sodium in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
0 milligrams of sodium in 1 tablespoon

Potassium

Jam or preserves
15 milligrams of potassium in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
10 milligrams of potassium in 1 tablespoon

Phosphorus

Jam or preserves
4 milligrams of phosphorus in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
1 milligram of phosphorus in 1 tablespoon

Protein

Jam or preserves
0.1 grams of protein in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
0 grams of protein in 1 tablespoon

Carbohydrate

Jam or preserves
14 grams of carbohydrate in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
6.4 grams of carbohydrate in 1 tablespoon

Sugars

Jam or preserves
9.7 grams of sugars in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
5 grams of sugars in 1 tablespoon

Fiber

Jam or preserves
0.2 grams of fiber in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
0.3 grams of fiber in 1 tablespoon

Saturated fat

Jam or preserves
less than 0.1 grams of saturated fat in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
less than 0.1 grams of saturated fat in 1 tablespoon

Calories

Jam or preserves
56 calories in 1 tablespoon
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
26 calories in 1 tablespoon

Weight of this portion

Jam or preserves
20 g
Jam or preserves, reduced sugar
17 g

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Where these numbers come from

Jam or preserves: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, record 169641. The source describes it as: Jams and preserves.

Jam or preserves, reduced sugar: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, record 167706. The source describes it as: Jams, preserves, marmalade, reduced sugar.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center. FoodData Central. [Internet]. [cited 11 October 2026]. Available from https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/. Releases used: Foundation Foods, April 2026; SR Legacy, April 2018; Survey Foods (FNDDS 2021-2023), October 2024.

Data built on 11 October 2026 (data-2026-10-11).

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