When reaching for a jar of old fruit and sugar, you have a few options. You have jelly, which is great for sandwiches, jam for muffins, and preserves for eating with. As you stare at the grocery aisle of jellies, jams, and conserves, do you know what defines one jar from another Lets get into the nittygritty. French Honey French Jam French Preserves. We carry many different kinds of French premium, Bonne Maman French Violet Fig Jam, Bonne Maman French Rhubarb Jam and French Chestnut Vanilla Jam. Natural unprocessed Provence Lavender Honey is pure and full of flavor. Whatever youre looking for, you want to make sure that youre getting the best French fruit preserves and jams, and youll find it here. Check out our selection below and try them today Buy French Honey, Jams and Preserves Online at some of the lowest prices. Sauce For Rice more. Trying to find French jams and premium all natural fruit preservesQuit searching the store shelves and see what we have in store for you here Its believed that the first jams, jellies and preserves were actually made somewhere in the Middle East, Persia modern day Iran being the best bet. When the Crusaders returned to Europe they brought it with them, along with cookies and candy known as sweet meats. Sugar cane wasnt used in jellies and jams though until the 1. Spanish traders met up with it in the West Indies and imported it back to Europe. Whats the DifferenceJelly, Jam and Preserves we use all of these terms interchangeably but there is a difference. In France youll find that most French jams and premium preserves and other French products for sale online are mixed with chestnuts, nutmeg and large chunks of fruit. Jams are a viscous thick mixture of cut fruit mixed with pectin, a truly thick puree. Most jams will have a single kind of fruit in it, but some jams, like our Provence Violet Fig Jam, can have more than one fruit. French Preserves are thicker than jams, with large pieces of chestnuts and fruits, even whole fruits, suspended in a sticky delicious thick syrup. Jelly is made with fruit juice and contains no fruit chunks, is more sugar and pectin than anything. Understanding Real Honey. We carry French Provence Lavender Honey. Unprocessed honey has a higher pollen count in the jar, which means more flavor, more color the milky color isnt wax, dont worry, and a much better quality honey filled with minerals and a taste of France you wont find anywhere else.