Is Smucker's Strawberry Jam low FODMAP?

A thin scrape, yes — a thick layer, no. Smucker's Strawberry Jam lists high fructose corn syrup as its second ingredient, and HFCS delivers fructose beyond the glucose that helps carry it — the classic excess-fructose pattern that FODMAP-sensitive eaters watch for. The rest of the jar is friendlier than you'd guess: strawberries are among the lower-FODMAP fruits at jam-sized amounts, the corn syrup listed third is mostly glucose chains and not a FODMAP concern, plain sugar is balanced sucrose, and fruit pectin is a gelling fiber rather than a fast-fermenting carbohydrate. So the whole verdict rides on dose. A level teaspoon or two on toast keeps the total excess fructose small enough that many sensitive eaters do fine; the thick tablespoon-plus layer in a classic PB&J, or jam stirred into yogurt by the spoonful, multiplies the HFCS quickly and moves the same jar into trigger territory. Portion discipline with jam is notoriously hard, which is why sugar-only preserves are the easier answer — several widely stocked strawberry preserves and natural fruit spreads sweeten with cane sugar alone, taking the excess-fructose question off the table while tasting nearly identical.

📏 Keep it to roughly a level teaspoon or two on toast; with HFCS as the number-two ingredient, a thick multi-tablespoon layer — or several jam-topped slices in one sitting — pushes the fructose excess into trigger range.