Single Variety Co

21/04/2025

2021 was a crazy year for our Alphonso Mango Preserve! Our jam production was outsourced at the time and Ross and I went to our co-manufacturer to help prep the mangoes for the mango jam production. We sold out within one HOUR 🤯

Our co-manufacturer didn’t want to make any more for us (it’s really hard work!) and our brand new jam factory wasn’t quite ready. It was so frustrating because the mango season was so close to the end and I really wanted to make more for all our customers.

We’d just employed Chris, our factory manager, and discovered the amazing nearby. So, on Chris’s very first day we arranged to meet at to prep a whole pallet of mango together ready to take back to the brand new jam factory to jam. I’m not sure Chris knew what he was getting himself into joining us but this was certainly a full on first day! We can’t have scared him off too much as he’s still with us four years later and we are so lucky to have him.

Oh, and our labelling machine didn’t get delivered for another 3 months so I hand labelled every single jar of mango jam myself that year as Ross and Chris didn’t seem to be very good at it (maybe they just labelled badly on purpose?!). And all this while I was 6 months pregnant!

Four years later and I feel very lucky to have an amazing team now in our very own jam factory producing even more Alphonso Mango Preserve for you all this year. And a big thank you to Chris for not running off scared when we surprised him with a LOT of mangoes on his first day! 🙏🥭🙏

🥭 4 days until we launch 2025’s Alphonso Mango Preserve! 🥭

19/04/2025

We have a WINNER!!

This week we prepped 2,520 mangoes by hand. A lot of mangoes!! No-one guessed the exact number but the first closest guess was from Denise Horner. Congratulations! You’ve won a free jar of Alphonso Mango Preserve 🥭

We’re busy again next week with another two pallets of mangoes being delivered 🤯

And then the big day- Alphonso Mango Preserve launches on Friday at 10am. WOOHOOOOOOOO!

18/04/2025

8 days to go until we launch Alphonso Mango Preserve! 😋

But why do we even make this flavour jam? Let me take you back to my very first market, back in May 2016. This photo from the market is proof that we've had Alphonso Mango Preserve from the very beginning!

I was living in Tooting, South West London, an area that is full of Indian shops. And at this time of year they had boxes of mangoes piled up outside. Walking down the high street every day got me thinking... surely I could make jam out of mangoes?

Cooking the mangoes gently, with a small amount of sugar created the most intensely aromatic and flavoursome jam. It was so good! And it was the first jam that I sold out of that day.

Over the next few weeks I tried different varieties of mango but the Alphonso stood out by far as the best. And so, every year when mango season comes around we make as much as we possibly can for you all to enjoy.

I'd love to know, how many years have you been enjoying this jam? 🥭

15/04/2025

It’s mango time!! 10 days until launch day ⏰

This year is going to be our biggest year yet for our Alphonso Mango Preserve. The Alphonso season started a couple of weeks ago and we’ve been busy prepping as many mangoes as we possibly can. We hand-make this preserve from fresh Alphonso mangoes, it’s the only way to make it taste as good as it does.

So, with 10 days to go until launch I thought we could play a game: Guess how many mangoes we are prepping this week? Clue: it’s more than what’s on this pallet!

The first to guess correctly (or closest) get a free jar of Alphonso Mango Preserve! 🥭🥭🥭

14/04/2025

Did you catch us on Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen this weekend?

Here we are! 👀 🙌

We were thrilled to be featured as Prue Leith's Food Hero on her Cotswold Kitchen programme on ITV. Telling the story of our Gooseberry Preserve from farm t...

09/04/2025

The news is out! We’re featuring on Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen on Saturday 11.45am on ITV 🙌🙌🙌

Who’s watching?

04/04/2025

We are OBSESSED with raspberry jam & peanut butter and always looking for new ways to try the combo. And here's the best one yet.... Stuffed PB&J French Toast!

Take a look at the recipe on our website here:
https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/blogs/recipes/stuffed-peanut-butter-maravilla-raspberry-french-toast

02/04/2025

This is it: we have just around one week left of our Harbinger Rhubarb Preserve.

Once it's gone that's it, until 2026.

Every year we get messages from customers saying they wish they'd ordered more. So this is your LAST CHANCE warning!

24/03/2025

It’s not too late to send a Mother’s Day gift of jam!

We can even hand write you a gift message too 📝

Super speedy shipping- order today and it will be delivered within 2-3days

https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/collections/gift-box

12/03/2025

This was such a lovely surprise post yesterday! 💗

Especially because Northern Nic’s Back Kitchen was very kindly gifted our jams from one of our customers. So a HUGE thank you to Judith for your kindness in sharing our jams. And to Nic for sharing them with her followers.

It really means so much to us as a small business, helping to share our jam with more people 💗

07/03/2025

Our Amalfi Lemon Marmalade has just won Best Marmalade in the Entire World! 🍋

It's been awarded the top accolade of Double Gold in the World Marmalade Awards- putting it top of thousands of entries!

This marmalade takes some serious hard work, taking fresh Amalfi lemons and turning them into to marmalade, just like you would if you were making it at home. Our team do an amazing job making this marmalade, so a huge thank you goes to them ❤️🙏

If you haven’t tried it yet, what’s taking you so long?! 🍋

The Dalemain World Marmalade Awards & Festival

https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/products/amalfi-lemon-marmalade

31/01/2025

The day is finally here! We’ve been very busy jamming a LOT of rhubarb freshly delivered from Yorkshire and we’re ready to launch! I actually think this years batch is the best yet 😋

Harbinger Rhubarb Preserve available now online 🩷🩷🩷

https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/products/limited-edition-harbinger-rhubarb-preserve

29/01/2025

The best time of the year is here! 🩷

We’ve been busy rhubarb jamming this week in the jam factory with loads of fresh forced harbinger rhubarb grown in Yorkshire.

Harbinger Rhubarb Preserve launching Friday at 10am ⏰

Who’s excited? 👋

20/01/2025

For Blue Monday we’re going to potentially brighten up your day by giving you free jam!

Every order placed today at singlevariety.co.uk that has an order number ending in ‘0’ will receive a refund.

So you’ve got a 1 in 10 chance of getting your order for free today!

Shop here: www.singlevariety.co.uk

(We’re capping the refund value at £50 and please allow up to 7 days for the refund to be applied)

Good luck!

10/01/2025

It’s back!! Our most requested marmalade is now available permanently in our range 🍋‍🟩

Who’s happy to see it back? 🙆‍♀️

Shop now: https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/products/tahiti-lime-marmalade

07/01/2025

Time for something new (ish!)

It’s back and this time it’s going to be permanent!

Launching on Friday…. Can you tell what it is? 🤔

20/12/2024

FLASH SALE!!

We made a few too many Giant Fig Preserve and because I’d love to see them being used on cheeseboards over Christmas rather than sitting looking sad in our warehouse we’re giving you 30% off! Order by midday today for Christmas delivery 🧀

https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/products/giant-black-bursa-fig-preserve

06/12/2024

Our latest cocktail jam is here! 🍸

We’ve collaborated with Bristol Distilling Co and used their Triple B Vanilla Vodka to create this Passionfruit Martini Preserve.

It’s super delicious and perfect for a festive morning treat!

Only a few hundred jars made so be quick!

Buy here: https://www.singlevariety.co.uk/collections/fruit-preserves/products/passionfruit-martini-preserve