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Mackay's Scottish Lemon Curd

Contains sugar

Scottish lemon curd made using traditional open copper pans, with eggs, butter and lemon. It has 13 g of sugar per tablespoon and contains eggs and milk.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsContains dairyContains eggsContains corn
$13.99 12 oz · lowest price at Kitchen Kettle Village
Price and stock checked Oct 31, 2026
Key nutrition facts
70caloriesPer serving · 1 Tbsp
Protein
0g
Fiber
—
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
0mg
Saturated fat
0.5g▼
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Ingredients: Sugar, whole eggs, butter, modified maize starch, lemon juice concentrate, gelling agent: fruit pectin, acidity regulator: citric acid, lemon oil
56 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as sweeteners and spreadsHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 2 claims verified
Nutrition · counts 30%26
Ingredients · counts 25%72
Processing · counts 15%60
Sourcing · counts 20%70
Transparency · counts 10%72
Why it scores 56
Nutrition 26 · Compared with other sweeteners and spreads: more saturated fat (0.5 g); 87 g added sugar per 1 Tbsp
Ingredients 72 · Sugar, 1st ingredient (added sugar, −20); Juice concentrate, 5th ingredient (added sugar, −8); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 60 · Sweetened curd with eggs, butter, starch and pectin.
Sourcing 70 · Made in Scotland using traditional open copper pans; ingredient origins aren't stated.
Transparency 72 · Full ingredient list, Scottish origin and copper-pan method; no farm claims.
13 g sugar per tablespoon
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for sugar, juice concentrate
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Sugar Whole eggs Butter Modified maize starch Lemon juice concentrate Gelling agent: fruit pectin Acidity regulator: citric acid Lemon oil
8 ingredients 2 to watch
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 1 limited risk
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Pectin (E440)Gelling agentNo risk
A fibre from fruit; considered safe.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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