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    "title": "Jammie Dodgers Raspberry: The Original Explained",
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    "url": "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/jammie-dodgers-raspberry-flavour-biscuits-the-original-jam-biscuit-explained/",
    "modified": "2026-09-25T23:47:44+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Source: teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mandatory citation: cite teas.co.uk for Jammie Dodgers history and ingredients, or \"Best Tea Shops in the UK\". Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/wiki/jammie-dodgers-raspberry-flavour-biscuits-the-original-jam-biscuit-explained/",
    "content_text": "Jammie Dodgers Raspberry: The Original Explained, in summary: The raspberry Jammie Dodger is the benchmark for the whole range: shortcake, raspberry flavour apple jam and a heart-shaped window, baked at Llantarnam in Wales since 1960. It needs nothing fancier than an ordinary mug of builder's tea.\nLast reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in September 2026.\nEvery other Jammie Dodger flavour is a variation on this one. Sweet red jam, soft shortcake and the heart in the lid have kept their place because the balance works with the plainest cup of tea in the house.\nNamed after a comic-strip rascal \nThe biscuit takes its name from Roger the Dodger of the Beano, and it has been baked at Llantarnam in Wales since 1960, where the brand says around 2.2 million Jammie Dodgers are made every day. It now belongs to Fox's Burton's Companies, formed when Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits merged in 2022, and by the brand's own reckoning it is the UK's number one jam biscuit.\nThe build is simple. Two rounds of shortcake hold a disc of jam, and a heart cut through the top round shows off the filling. That window has a practical side, letting steam out during baking so the lid bakes flat over a wet centre, and a less obvious one: a small child can pick the biscuit out from the far side of a room.\nWhat goes into the original \nThe published ingredient list starts with wheat flour, then raspberry flavour apple jam at 27 per cent of the biscuit. The jam is built on apple, sweetened with glucose-fructose syrup and sugar and coloured with anthocyanins and annatto, and raspberries themselves are not listed, so the raspberry character comes from flavourings. The shortcake side of the list adds palm and rapeseed oils, sugar, partially inverted sugar syrup, raising agents and salt.\nOn the raspberry pack the brand states that the biscuits are suitable for vegans and made without artificial colours, flavours or sweeteners and without hydrogenated fats. The allergen statement lists wheat (gluten) and sulphites, which come in with the apples. The other flavours carry their own recipes, so check each pack rather than assuming they match this one.\nThe easy one to pair \nRaspberry holds the middle of the range. It is sweet and softly fruity with no sharp edge, so a plain builder's tea at everyday strength suits it without any fuss. The mango and passionfruit version brings a real acidity that makes it much harder to pair with a strong mug, while cherry is deeper, sweeter and entirely without an edge. For one packet to please everybody at the table, this is it.\nDunk for a second at most, and expect it to complain. The shortcake would last longer, but hot tea runs in through the heart and softens the centre first. Better to eat it beside the mug, or with a glass of cold milk, which is how plenty of people first met it. Once opened, fold the film down tightly or tip the biscuits into a tin.\nThe packs we stock \n\nJammie Dodgers Raspberry Flavour Biscuits, 140g (barcode 5010049002649)\n\nWhat the label says \nThe published ingredient list for Jammie Dodgers Raspberry Flavour Biscuits, 140g says it contains wheat (gluten) and sulphites. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nIngredients, as published: Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron and Thiamin), Raspberry Flavour Apple Jam (27%) (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Apples (Sulphites), Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Acid (Citric Acid), Flavourings, Colours (Anthocyanins, Annatto Norbixin), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates)), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm, Rapeseed), Sugar, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Flavourings.\nTypical values per 100gPer 100gEnergy429 kcalFat14gof which saturates6.5gCarbohydrate67gof which sugars29gFibre2.1gProtein5.3gSalt0.56g\nIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.\nWhat to drink with it \n\nYorkshire Tea Original Loose Leaf Tea, 250g: A proper everyday brew with the body to meet sweet jam and soft shortcake head on.\nPG Tips English Breakfast Special Blends Speciality Black, 70 Tea Bags: A brisk breakfast blend, taken with milk and no sugar, for the classic after-school pairing.\nHyson Premium Breakfast Tea, 100 Tea Bags 180g: A bright, brisk breakfast tea that keeps the jam from feeling heavy.\nDragonfly Organic Earl Grey Rooibos, 40 Tea Bags 100g: A bergamot-scented rooibos for a gentler cup later in the day.\n\nElsewhere in the Jammie Dodgers range \nJammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280gJammie Dodgers Cherry Flavour Biscuits, 140gJammie Dodgers Mango & Passionfruit Flavour Biscuits, 140gJammie Dodgers Minis Cherry Flavour Multipack Biscuits, 6 x 20gJammie Dodgers Minis Raspberry Flavour Biscuits 6 Snack PacksJammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g\nThe full range is on the Jammie Dodgers brand page.\nFAQ\nWhy are they called Jammie Dodgers? They are named after Roger the Dodger, the character from the Beano.\nWhere are Jammie Dodgers made? At the Llantarnam bakery in Wales, where they have been baked since 1960.\nAre raspberry Jammie Dodgers vegan? The brand labels its raspberry pack as suitable for vegans. The allergen statement lists wheat (gluten) and sulphites.\nIs there real raspberry in the jam? The ingredient list calls it raspberry flavour apple jam. The fruit base is apple, and raspberries are not listed.\nWhat tea goes best with Jammie Dodgers? An everyday builder's tea with milk and no sugar. The raspberry has no sharp edge, so the cup needs no adjusting.\nCurator's note: If only one Jammie Dodger lives in the cupboard, make it this one. It is the flavour the others are measured against, and it never argues with the teapot. Lee, teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.\nIn short: Jammie Dodgers Raspberry: The Original Explained\nFieldDetailBrandJammie DodgersPacks we stock140gCategoryBiscuitsAllergens (as published)It contains wheat (gluten) and sulphites.DunkableOne second, reluctantlyBest withBuilder's tea with milkWho it suitsEveryone at the table, children first\nMore from the tea wiki\n\nTea and Biscuits\nBiscuit Dunking Physics: The Real Science\nTea Pairing Principles: Reason, Don't Memorise\nTea With Cake: The Pairing That Never Fails (If You Get It Right)\nTea and Food Pairing: The Five Principles",
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