Sauces and Spreads

The first three ingredients decide most jars. A ketchup or a pasta sauce that opens with tomato is a different product from one that opens with sugar or water. Jam is a standardised product with a minimum fruit content, while a fruit spread or a conserve is named differently for a reason — look for the fruit percentage. A jar sold as no added sugar is still sweetened by something, and the list says what.

Convert sugar to per spoon, the unit you actually use. In this aisle, label honesty mostly comes down to whether the front of the jar and the back of the jar agree.