Do you want to pamper yourself sweet, but are afraid for the safety of your figure? You can freely succumb to the temptation and enjoy if the dessert is not pastries and high-calorie chocolate, but marmalade. But even with this sweetness one should be careful. Not every marmalade is equally useful. It is fruit and berry, jelly and mixed type. The first type is the most useful. It is made on the basis of fruit or berry puree thickened with pectin. But this type of dessert very rarely appears on store shelves, and it costs a lot.
The least benefits you get from jelly marmalade. This is, in fact, aspic with food colors, flavors and "tastes close to natural." And to what type does the “Drummer” marmalade belong? We have to find out in this article. About the composition of marmalade, its assortment and product reviews, read below .
A few words about the manufacturer
It is easy to guess that the confectionery factory that produces marmalade "Drummer" is called that. And, judging by the name, the enterprise was founded in the turbulent years after the October Revolution and the Civil War.
In twelve years, the factory will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Many enterprises, alas, this happens all the time, having won the hearts of consumers with the first samples of their products, gradually lowering the bar and starting to produce low-quality goods. But “Drummer” is not one of them.
The products of this confectionery factory are as tasty as in the distant 1929. But you cannot do all the sweets equally well. And the company management has set a course for specializing in the production of light desserts - marmalade, marshmallows and marshmallows. And in this the company succeeded. Now Udarnitsa is one of the three leaders in the production of sweets in Russia .
Range
It is difficult to list all the hypostases accepted by the “Drummer” marmalade. It is sold both packaged in cute bags, jars and boxes, and by weight. You can buy fruit assortment "Marmalandia", and with one taste - blackcurrant, raspberry, cherry, melon, etc.
The product range continues to expand. So, “Drummer” released orange-lemon slices. A real holiday for fans of the products of this confectionery factory was the appearance of marmalade in chocolate. It comes in two forms. This is “Charm” - a box of chocolates in the form of “Truffle” and “Apeltini”. The last product is thin orange-flavored marmalade sticks coated with chocolate .
Marmalade "Drummer": composition
Fruit and berry, jelly, mixed - we have already talked about the types of this dessert. Information on what marmalade of the Udarnitsa factory is made of can be read on each product packaging. To the manufacturer’s honor, gelatin is not used for making jelly. After all, it is a product of animal origin, obtained from long digestion of bones and tendons.
As the gelling component of the “Drummer” cookery, pectin is used. This high molecular weight polysaccharide is obtained from apples, white beets, watermelons, citrus peels. Pectin is useful for the body because it removes radionuclides and toxins, lowers cholesterol, and normalizes the digestive tract.
The composition of marmalade also includes molasses, sugar, citric, malic and lactic acids, sodium citrate. Bright multi-colored pieces are obtained thanks to natural food colors - paprika, tutein, grape skin, carrot extract. Flavors give marmalade the taste of peach, melon, apple, etc. The calorie content of the dessert is 320 units per hundred grams of the product.
Chocolate Dessert Composition
For many years, Udarnitsa specializes in the production of pastille, marmalade and marshmallows. But who said you can’t experiment with chocolate?
The combination of sour and sweet has always been appreciated by foodies. Therefore, marmalade in chocolate "Drummer" is in such demand. Jelly candies in a beautiful box are not ashamed to present as a gift. They look quite presentable.
It should be said that the manufacturer did not stint on high-quality chocolate icing. It consists of sugar, cocoa (grated, in the form of oil and powder), sunflower lecithin and natural flavoring. The total content of dark chocolate in the icing is at least fifty percent.
Marmalades are also gelled with healthy pectin. It should be noted that the energy value of the dessert, due to the chocolate content, will increase to 371 kcal per hundred grams of the product .
"Bumba"
Classic marmalade should be moderately soft, slightly moist. Along with this, another type of jelly sweets is becoming popular in the world. This is a tighter, slightly sprinkled with powdered sugar chewing marmalade.
“Drummer” did not stay away from fashion trends and released a new series of products under the general name “Bumba”. This light delicacy is very popular with children. After all, slices of marmalade are not only tasty and bright, but also have a variety of shapes that turn dessert into toys.
In this line, such species as Butterflies, Wild Garden, In the Jungle, Baltika, Mur-Meow and Steep Turns are produced. Accordingly, the marmalades in packages are in the form of fruits, fish, seals, exotic animals, airplanes or cars. But gelling substance in the production of "Bumba" is gelatin .
Marmalade "Drummer": reviews
Users note that the quality of sweets from this brand is superior to others. Packaged marmalade keeps the desired humidity, but sugar does not become sour.
Multi-colored sweets have an extremely soft consistency. However, the pieces hold their shape well. This is especially true for Bumba chewing marmalade. The sweets there seem to be poured out of frosted glass.
Users respond positively to the taste of desserts. Marmalade is moderately sweet, with a pleasant sourness. Candy has a pleasant fruity and berry aroma. Users also note the aesthetics of the packaging. Boxes of marmalade in chocolate are decorated very stylishly. Sachets are also pleasing to the eye.
Drummers products are easy to find on store shelves. In terms of popularity, the top position in the ranking is occupied by the Marmelandia line (Lobules, Fruit Smoothie, Assorted and Strawberry Nectar). After all, these products are the most useful. Marmalade is made on the basis of natural berry and fruit puree, gelled with pectin.