What is the difference between Marmalade and jam?

Question

why can't orange marmalade be called orange jam??? Musings in lab this morning... someone please tell us!

Answer 1

Marmalade is made from Citrus fruits, Jam from sweet fruits.

see definition below.

Marmalade is a sweet preserve with a bitter tang made from citrus fruit, sugar, water, and (in some commercial brands) a gelling agent. In English-speaking usage "marmalade" invariably refers to a preserve derived from a citrus fruit, most commonly from oranges. The recipe includes sliced or chopped fruit peel, which is simmered in fruit juice and water until soft; indeed marmalade is sometimes described as jam with fruit peel. Such marmalade is most often consumed on toasted bread as part of a full English breakfast. The favoured citrus fruit for marmalade production in the UK is the "Seville orange", Citrus aurantium var. aurantium, thus called because it was originally imported from Seville in Spain; it is higher in pectin than sweet oranges, and therefore gives a good set. Marmalade can also be made from lemons, limes, grapefruits, or a combination of citrus fruits.

Answer 2

Marmalade is different, in that it's bitter and contains only the rind of the orange, lemon, lime or whatever, always a citrus fruit.

Jam is sweet and contains the whole fruit, usually a soft fruit.

Lemon/Orange Curd is just that, so it's called Curd.

Enjoy your toast and marmalade. :-)

Answer 3

Marmalade is different from jams because it...

A) is primarily clear
B) contains a suspension of both fruit pulp and rind
C) originates in Portugal
D) was first made from quince; a hard yellow, aromatic apple-like fruit
E) was introduced to England in the 15th century
F) is now commonly made from the Seville Orange and other citrus fruits
G) comes from the word "marmelos"- the Portugese word for the quince fruit
H) is better on toast than anything else in the universe ever

Answer 4

Marmalade contains the orange peel as well as the flesh of the orange,Jam is made of soft fruit like Strawberry plums blackcurrants Oranges are citrus fruits strawberry's etc are soft fruits

Answer 5

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What is the difference between Marmalade and jam?
why can't orange marmalade be called orange jam??? Musings in lab this morning... someone please tell us!

Answer 6

They are both prepared the same way, but...

Jam refers to a preserve made out of any sort of fruit or berry.. raspberry.. blackberry.. whatever

Marmalade refers only to preserves that are made out of citrus fruits like oranges or limes etc.

Answer 7

True, marmalade nearly always refers to conserves made with oranges or other citrus fruits. But you can also buy 'Ginger Marmalade' made with chunks of root ginger. Probably a misnomer, strictly speaking - but it tastes pretty good....

Answer 8

jam is a preserve made out of the pulp any fruit or a mixture of different fruit along with sugar....it is made to boil till the sugar melts and the entire mix thickens in consistency
marmalade is also a preserve but is made out of only oranges (pulp along with the rind) and sugar..It is the rind which gives it a tangy flavour

Answer 9

Because marmalade is infinitely superior to jam, and consequently it is not right to linguistically class it in the same category.

Answer 10

Marmalade has the skin of the fruit in it.