Is grape jelly unhealthy?!
Question:
Is grape jelly unhealthy?
I accidentally put a little more jelly on my pb and j than I meant to but I was in a rush so I couldn't remove it. I've already eaten it, and now I feel kind of bad. I don't think I should because I'm still fifteen, but....
Answers:
That would depend on what else is in the jelly. Most commerical jellies (and the store brands) are made with fruit (in this case, grape), corn syrup, and/or high fructose corn syrup and pectin, to "gel" it. I don't buy these jellies as I neither need nor want the corn syrup and high fructose corn syurp. I buy the fruit spreads that are fruit and the pectin. (I get it at Trader Joe's, chain of health food stores, as they have 18 oz. jars for $3, which is about twice as much for just a dollar more than what I would get at Kroger [the Kroger brand] for just under $2.) Also, some of the brands that are labeled sugar free have chemical-looking ingredients in them that just look scary. I don't mind so much that they're sweetned with Splenda, though I find most fruits to be plenty sweet, but it's the stuff that looked as though it came from a science lab.
It's the same with peanut butter. I buy the natural stuff that just has peanuts in it. I like the sugar free kind, with the oil on top, but my husband doesn't like that kind so we buy the Skippy Natural with sugar in it. It's better, I think than the corn syrups at least.
I also have these sandwhiches on corn syurp and high fructose corn syrup free whole wheat bread (it's sweented with natural cane sugar and raisin juice).
A little bit extra on occasion is okay, just don't go overboard on a regular basis.