{"id":953,"date":"2025-05-29T11:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:03:01","slug":"jammie-dodger-fans-are-distressed-after-discovering-whats-really-inside-the-biscuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/jammie-dodger-fans-are-distressed-after-discovering-whats-really-inside-the-biscuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammie Dodger fans are \u2018distressed\u2019 after discovering what\u2019s really inside the biscuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you know what’s actually inside a Jammie Dodger? (Picture: Courtney Pochin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jammie Dodgers seem like pretty straightforward biscuits<\/a>, don\u2019t they? Just shortcake rounds glued together with bright red jam (presumably strawberry or raspberry).<\/p>\n

The iconic biscuits, with little hearts on the top, are owned by Fox\u2019s Burton\u2019s Companies (FBC), which also owns Maryland cookies, Party Rings<\/a>, Wagon Wheels and Rocky.<\/p>\n

And while they\u2019ve been made and sold in the UK since 1960, some people – myself included – are only just learning what\u2019s really inside a Jammie Dodger and spoiler alert: it\u2019s not quite what it seems.<\/p>\n

It turns out that ordinary Jammie Dodgers actually contain apple<\/a> jam, which is flavoured with raspberry. Not raspberry jam. <\/p>\n

And this is the case for all of the products in the Jammie Dodger range. If you buy a packet of the Really Fruity Strawberry Jammie Dodgers, it\u2019s the same thing, with strawberry flavoured shortcake biscuits and strawberry flavoured apple jam inside.<\/p>\n

Even in the apple and blackcurrant flavoured ones, the apple jam is flavoured with apple and blackcurrant.<\/p>\n

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The contain apple jam, with flavourings (Picture: Courtney Pochin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This isn\u2019t something the brand is trying to hide though, as the product packaging clearly states this is the case on the back. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, on the front it says they have a \u2018new fruitier jam\u2019 and this is perhaps because historically the jam was made with a different fruit – plums.<\/p>\n

In her book, The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence, food historian Lizzie Collingham claims this is because plums were cheaper to use than raspberries.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not just the biscuit tin where you\u2019ll find this unexpected filling – it\u2019s also used in jam doughnuts from Greggs. <\/a><\/p>\n

Yep, the bakery chain\u2019s classic jam doughnut contains an \u2018apple and raspberry jam filling\u2019, as does the Pink Jammie Doughnut.<\/p>\n

However, the brand\u2019s Jammy Heart Biscuit is only listed as containing a raspberry jam filling on the website. <\/p>\n

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The Strawberry flavour and Apple and Blackcurrant are the same (Picture: Courtney Pochin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many jam doughnuts you can buy from the supermarket or bakeries may also contain an apple filling with added flavourings. It’s thought this is because apples are cheaper, naturally sweet and when turned into a sauce or paste, have a smooth, jammy texture that’s easier to work with.<\/p>\n

On social media, dozens of people also recently discovered the food industry\u2019s little-known jam secret and it\u2019s blowing their minds.<\/p>\n

\u2018Every day is a school day,\u2019 posted the Very British Problems <\/a>Facebook page, to which Stuart Oh said: \u2018Something like this makes one question everything they know and makes their world crash around them.\u2019<\/p>\n

Similarly, Kayla Margaret replied: \u2018Well I am flabbergasted. I always thought it was strawberry jam. Good lord.\u2019<\/p>\n

And Katrina Devriese proclaimed: \u2018Wait\u2026what???\u2019 As Posy Maynard wrote that she\u2019d found this discovery \u2018most distressing\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Apples are thought to be cheaper to use and they make a smooth jam (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Others who already knew about the jam shared their own thoughts on why apples were used and other sneaky products you might find it in.<\/p>\n

Abigail Farenden commented: \u2018Most bakeries that do something like a victoria sponge, or jam turnover, or a cream and jam donut, if they don’t specify a flavour of jam, they’ll have what my catering school bought called “red jam”. It was primarily apples, for the cheap pectin and bulk, and then it had all sorts of random red fruits and berries in it. Currant, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, cherry, plum. I actually prefer it over pure strawberry, which I find too sickly. I’d rather a better quality raspberry, but it was ok.\u2019<\/p>\n

While Phil Dibbs revealed: \u2018Apples are a cheap base bulk product for jam. Really cheap jam from Eastern Europe uses carrots for the same reason.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Were you aware of the true ingredients in a Jammie Dodger?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Jay Bee also claimed that some jams contain turnips, adding: \u2018Reminds me of my grandma! As a child she lived near a famous jam factory and regularly saw delivery of both strawberries and turnips to their manufacturing plant! I always think of turnips when I eat jam now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>‘As someone with an intolerance to apples I can confidently say, everything that tastes sweet has apple in it, everything savoury has onion in it, which I’m also intolerant to,’ adds Carolyn Knipe. ‘Obviously this is in regard to mass produced snack foods. The sugar in your tea probably doesn’t have apple in it.’<\/p>\n<p>Some people also pointed out that a lot of red fruit juices contain apple, even when it’s not the predominant flavour, and that you should keep an eye out for anything where the product description uses the word ‘flavour’, as more often than not it’s a giveaway that it’s not made with the actual food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Do you have a story to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk\">MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what’s actually inside a Jammie Dodger? (Picture: Courtney Pochin) Jammie Dodgers seem like pretty straightforward biscuits, don\u2019t they? Just shortcake rounds glued together with bright red jam (presumably strawberry or raspberry). The iconic biscuits, with little hearts on the top, are owned by Fox\u2019s Burton\u2019s Companies (FBC), which also owns Maryland cookies, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}