£5.25 for 340g, fortnumandmason.com
Plenty of whole berries to sink your teeth into, but with lots of good jam for smearing over scones. The pièce de résistance is the subtle, yet unmistakably cool bite from the champagne. Photograph: Graham Turner
£4.50 for 225g, formanandfield.com
This tastes the most “homemade” of the lot. It has a caramel colour and flavour and is delightfully runny. Plus, it comes in a storage jar you will want to reuse. Photograph: Graham Turner
£2.29 for 265g, Waitrose
Despite having the pretty much standard 65% sugar, Duchy’s offering seems somehow sweeter than the rest – it tastes how you’d expect a good jam from the WI stall at a country fete to, and contains pleasing lumps of fruit. Photograph: Graham Turner
£2.60 for 340g, www.mrsbridges.co.uk Smells of summer picnics with lovely whole berries, and great value for money. Photograph: Graham Turner