white stuff on marmalade

[crn]

I have a jar of orange marmalade that I haven't used in months.....it's been in the fridge. Today I opened the jar & I saw a lot of white stuff on the surface. Is is only sugar? And if it is, how does the sugar go thru the jelly? Or is it something more ominous?

[michele cindy]

If the jar was opened before it could be mold. If someone put a spoon in it that had something else on it, or licked it, otherwise, my guess is it could be sugar, similar to when honey crystalizes on top.

[crn]

That's what I think....that it's sugar, because I'm the only person here & I'm very careful about putting clean utensils into a jar of anything.

[Kajikit]

If it's crystalline, it's just sugar... if it's soft and fluffy or furry-looking, it's mold.

[ratgirlagogo]

I have a jar of lime curd and a jar of orange marmalade in my fridge right now that have white lumps all over the surface - and yes it is sugar. It takes us so long to go through a jar that they mostly all end up looking like that. I'm pretty sure that in crn's case it's sugar too. In my case I think it was accelerated because both jars ended up getting frozen for a while (fridge mishap).