I got a few of these mandarin oranges in light syrup, food service size 6lb 9oz cans I'd likely not get to till best by date. So thought I would boil them into a jam, with no added sugar or pectin, just boil away till they're ~1/2th. 105 oz to ~20. It has 14gm total sugar in 122 gm of it but the thing doesn't seem to set or taste sweet. In fact it is more tart than them right out of the can.
Any one know why it may be. Cans are a few months from their best by date and undamaged and intact.
Like I said they taste sweetish sour out of the can and the syrup was even a shade sweeter.
They were seedless, and the simmer process took 4 hrs and no glitches. And got to the 1/4 I was hoping just fine. Edible, but more tart than before. Consistency like a weak soup. These were seedless, skin and rind less and even we're peeled before canning in light syrup.
Any one know why it may be. Cans are a few months from their best by date and undamaged and intact.
Like I said they taste sweetish sour out of the can and the syrup was even a shade sweeter.
They were seedless, and the simmer process took 4 hrs and no glitches. And got to the 1/4 I was hoping just fine. Edible, but more tart than before. Consistency like a weak soup. These were seedless, skin and rind less and even we're peeled before canning in light syrup.