Strawberry Preserve

Strawberry preserve is a sweet fruit spread made by cooking strawberries with sugar.

About Strawberry Preserve

Strawberry preserve is a cooked fruit spread made primarily from strawberries and sugar, with the fruit retained partly or fully in the finished mixture. It is used on bread, pastries, cakes, biscuits, and other desserts, and can also serve as a filling or finishing ingredient.

Its flavour is sweet-tart and strawberry-led. The texture may range from chunky, where pieces of fruit remain, to smoothly spreadable, depending on cooking and formulation. It is generally spoonable rather than fully liquid.

Strawberry preserve is usually glossy and red. Commercial and homemade forms may be sold in jars, sachets, or prepared fillings. Cooking, fruit proportion, and formulation can change its firmness, concentration, and the balance between retained fruit and syrup.

Ingredient type: compound ingredient

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Strawberry Preserve nutrition & diet

Strawberry Preserve nutritional value

Reference: Strawberry jam

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the explicitly named reference food.

Calories: 248kcal
Protein: 0.3g
Carbs: 60.5g
Fat: 0.5g

Per 100 g edible portion. ANSES Ciqual 2025; energy and protein follow EU Regulation 1169/2011 (protein = nitrogen × 6.25); carbohydrate excludes fibre. Values describe this food form, not every brand or recipe. Reused under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/.

Portions & preparation

Treat strawberry preserve as a recipe-specific cooked fruit spread, not as fresh strawberry. Identify fruit pieces, seeds, added sugar, pectin, acid, and any flavorings. Use the spreadable edible portion as sold, and distinguish it from jam, jelly, compote, syrup, or dessert filling.

Compare the right form: Match references to strawberry preserve in its labeled spreadable form, including fruit texture, sweeteners, pectin, and serving portion.

Diet considerations

Strawberry preserve is plant-derived when made from strawberries and plant-based sweeteners, but the complete formulation should be checked. Compatibility changes with gelatin, honey, dairy, or other animal-derived additions. It may accompany cereal-based bread, pastry, or coatings; the carbohydrate pattern depends on preserve portion and the carrier.

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Dietary compatibility

Vegan
Depends on the version
Vegetarian
Depends on the version
Pescatarian
Depends on the version
Keto
Not established
Paleo
Typically incompatible
Low-carb
Not established
Halal
Not established
Kosher
Not established

What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Depends on the version: Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version: Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version: Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Confiture de fraise (extra ou classique) ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.