Öko-Test has found pesticides in many strawberry jams: Germany's best-known brand manufacturer is particularly negative in the test.
- Öko-Test has tested 20 jams
- According to the Öko-Test , pesticide exposure is high for many products
- Product from popular manufacturer surprisingly in last place
Test: "Strawberry jam" does not exist in Germany
But strawberry jams don't really exist in Germany. Because according to the jam Regulation applies only to the citrus fruit as valid in Germany jams .
The regulation also stipulates that jams must contain 55% sugar. Eight of the spreads tested fall into this category according to the Öko-Test .
Test: two thirds of the jams are too sweet
In Öko-Test also the nutritional values of were fruit spreads involved. Even if jams generally have a relatively healthy image, this is a fallacy. The almost two thirds of the products tested had too high a sugar content.
One serving was enough to cover more than half of an adult's recommended daily requirements. Öko-Test based this classification on the guidelines of the World Health Organization .
Test: "Germany's number 1" in last place - pesticide alarm
The Öko-Test result is likely to hit customers of the "Schwartau Samt" brand deeply. Because although the spread advertises to be "Germany's No. 1", it only occupies the last place in the test.
Even his fruit content of 50% could not save him.
According to the Öko-Test, it showed too high a pesticide load. However, this was not the only pesticide-bearing spread in the test.
Pesticides are used in agriculture
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Test: Over half of the spreads were contaminated with pesticides
Over half of the products tested had such a load. One of the spreads tested even showed 6 different pesticide residues. Even if all proven pesticide residues are below the legally prescribed limit values, according to the Öko-Test they are still questionable.
The limit values always refer to individual active ingredients and not to their interaction.
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According to the Öko-Test , organic fruit spreads generally contain fewer pesticides than conventional spreads. For a higher fruit content, it is advisable, according to the Öko-Test , to consume products called fruit spread.
Test: These were among the best jams in the eco test
The consumer magazine Öko-Test rated the following spreads with the top grade "very good":
- Rewe organic strawberries
- Dwarf meadow orchard strawberry
- Demeter "The berry farmers" strawberry
These jams made it into the "Good" category in the Öko-Test:
- Happiness from strawberries
- Landliebe jam strawberry
- Bonne Maman strawberry jam
- Edeka "Fine Fruit Mousse" strawberry
- Alnatura strawberry fruit spread
Test: Öko-Test rates these muesli bars as "good"
The consumer magazine Öko-Test recently also examined granola bars *. Some of them had too high a sugar content.
Coconut products are currently very popular with many end users. Öko-Test tested coconut oil and coconut milk *. Similar to jams, an increased pollutant load could be found in some of them.
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* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
