What is the calorie raspberry jam?

Raspberries are one of the most beloved and popular berries for many. We love her for her extraordinary fragrance and, of course, for her benefit.In order to enjoy a favorite delicacy in the winter season, many people harvest raspberry jam for the future. What is the caloric content of such a dessert, and whether it will affect the figure detrimental - these are questions that love many sweet teeth, especially women.

Fresh and fragrant raspberry contains a large amount of vitamins and beneficial properties. It is not a secret for anyone that this berry is saturated with phytoncides, due to which it is rightfully considered one of the natural antibiotics. This berry, which many people grow in their garden or gather in the forest, perfectly exerts its antimicrobial effect, which allows it to be used for colds and not only.

In addition, raspberry can strengthen the immune system and in every way to protect our body from harmful external influences. But all these benefits relate to fresh berries. But is there any benefit to the jam?

Raspberries - a unique berry, one of the few that, even after cooking, retains all its beneficial properties and qualities to the maximum. That is why many people prepare raspberries for the winter, and it perfectly saves not only with a cold in the cold season, but also helps to quickly and effectively reduce the temperature during viral illness.

Thanks to phytoncides, contained in large quantities even in jam, the intestinal function is normalized. Also in the jam of this berry there are practically all the vitamins and minerals necessary for a person, for example, vitamin A, B and C, zinc, ellagic acid, magnesium, potassium and others.

Fresh raspberry has 46 calories per 100 grams of product. Of course, after the berry turns into jam, the calorie content of the product increases significantly due to the addition of sugar.

100 grams of ready-made jam contains from 270 to 275 calories. Anyone who follows a healthy diet every day and monitors his diet understands what jam is - a very high-calorie product. For example, a slice of any cake has almost the same caloric content as this fragrant delicacy of equal weight.

Therefore, in order to obtain maximum health benefits and avoid harm to the figure, we recommend to monitor the amount of the use of jam. Of course, if you eat a little of this product a day, then you will get nothing but good. If this is just one teaspoon, used with tea, then, as a rule, it is only 7-8 grams of jam, which means only 18-20 kilocalories.

By the way, when using this or that product, in particular, jam, pay attention not only to the calorie content of the product, but also to the carbohydrate content, since it is they that harm our harmony. There are practically no proteins in this product, there are only 0.6 grams, and even less fat - 0.2 grams, but carbohydrates - 70.4 grams. If we consider everything as a percentage, then it turns out that proteins and fats together occupy less than 1%, and almost three quarters of the total weight of carbohydrates.

Many in order not to spoil the taste of raspberries with sugar, do not make jam or jam, just freeze the berry and use it with pleasure in the cold season. The option is undoubtedly excellent, but there is a small problem: not everyone in the house has large freezers that allow you to stock up on raspberries for the future. In this regard, the jam is much more convenient, but many people are confused by its transcendental caloric, which damages the figure. Nevertheless, there is a real way that helps to significantly reduce the caloric content of the finished product.

If you cook stocks of fragrant dessert, not using sugar, and replacing it with fructose, the caloric content of this product will be reduced to 152 calories for every hundred grams. It turns out that such a jam will be more than a hundred kilocalories "easier", although there will not be a noticeable difference in taste. Agree, this is not so scary, and now you can even afford two spoons of your favorite delicacy.

Another option is to replace part of granulated sugar with stevia powder. Such a powder, which is somewhat similar to sugar, contains 0 calories. That is, if you replace half the amount of sugar, the caloric content of the finished product will be halved. You should not be afraid of stevia powder, as it is a natural product made from a plant of the same name. It has only useful properties.

Finally - some useful tips for all who are not indifferent to this type of dessert.

• Before preparing the jam, immerse the berries in saline solution - this will help get rid of small bugs and larvae. The solution is prepared easily, at the rate of: for one liter - a tablespoon of ordinary salt.
• Do not cook more than two kilograms of berries at a time, even if you have large dishes. A small amount of berries will allow them to preserve their taste, and the jam will be particularly fragrant.
• You need to cook the dessert in several stages, because during a long cooking without interruption the berries will lose their shape and give too much juice.
• In order to make the so-called live jam, the berries do not have to cook - just grind them with sugar. Per kilogram of berries will need eight hundred grams of sugar. Some of the sugar can be replaced by other ingredients, which we discussed above. Store such a product can only be in a cold place - a refrigerator or cellar.
• This berry goes well with many herbs, such as green basil, mint and even rosemary. These herbs will not only help to improve the taste, but also add benefits.
• Raspberries can be fully prepared for the winter by drying the berries. After them you can cook compote or jam.

You will learn more about the benefits of raspberry jam from the following video.