Product #24 - Organic Strawberry Jam:
Today I am comparing Smuckers' Organic Strawberry Preserves to Costco's store brand, Kirkland Signature's Organic Strawberry Spread. Both contain the same ingredients, organic strawberries, organic sugar, fruit pectin and citric acid. As far as taste goes, they both taste very similar. When it comes to texture, there is a difference however. The Costco brand is a lot more runny. I would compare it to a homemade freezer jam consistency. The Smuckers brand is more solid. I suppose it just depends on your own personal preference, but that is the only real difference that I can tell between the two. The consistency doesn't bother me, it does tend to squeeze out the sides of my daughter's PB&J but she makes a mess no matter what so that doesn't matter much. There is a HUGE cost savings with switching to the Costco brand so in my opinion, it is well worth the switch. Not to mention it is delicious. It is a rather large jar so you have to go through it pretty quickly like we do to make it worth it.
The Cost Comparison (as of 7/17/11 at Costco and Target):
Smuckers Organic Strawberry Preserves (12oz): 4.29 (.36 / oz)
Costco's Kirkland Signature Organic Strawberry Spread (42oz): 6.59 (.16 / oz)
That's a savings of 10.83 if you switched to the Costco brand!! The name brand is over twice as much as the store brand. HUGE, in my opinion.
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ReplyDeleteThe Kirkland strawberry spread is delicious, but I can no longer get it at my Costco, so, thanks for the comparison. At least now I know what to buy, for my grand-kids, as a substitute.
DeleteI don't know if my last comment worked, but I am a cancer survivor so far this year 2013 and it seems the only thing I can stomach is the Kirkland strawberry organic jam and peanut butter, I eat It as a meal daily, thank you for knowing what else to try, I was worried because I can't eat much of anything else. I will try smuckers and hope the taste is the same.
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