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It does not taste like the fruit

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Flavor loss has two causes and they need different answers: overcooked or scorched, which is a process problem, or poor quality fruit, which is a buying problem. Only one of them is fixable after the fruit arrives.

The process half

Flavor is lost at heat and the loss is cumulative, so the causes here are all about how long the fruit spent hot rather than how hot it got. Batch size shows up again for the same reason it does everywhere else.

Scorching is local overheating at the bottom of the pot, and it is a function of depth, heat and stirring. The guide specifies stirring to prevent scorching during the simmer for exactly this reason. Once a batch is scorched the flavor is in it and cannot be taken out.

The buying half

Some flavor was never there to lose. Fruit bought underripe for firmness, or out of season for availability, puts a ceiling on the finished product that no technique raises.

Poor quality fruit makes poor quality preserves, and no amount of process recovers it. This is the argument for buying on condition rather than price and it is on sourcing fruit.

The one that is neither

There is a third cause that is neither process nor fruit, and it is the one people least expect because it happens after the jar is closed. Flavor keeps moving in storage, and a warm store ages a jar faster than the calendar does.

A product that tastes of sugar rather than fruit, with nothing scorched and good fruit in it, is usually a ratio problem rather than a flavor one. The fruit floor in the standard is on the ratio the standard sets, and 45 parts is a minimum rather than a recipe.

References

National Center for Home Food Preservation, University of Georgia. Causes and possible solutions for problems with jellied fruit products. nchfp.uga.edu
United States Department of Agriculture. Complete Guide to Home Canning, Guide 7: Preparing and Canning Jams and Jellies (rev. 07/2015). National Center for Home Food Preservation. nchfp.uga.edu
21 CFR 150.160, Fruit preserves and jams. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21. law.cornell.edu
Written from federal regulation and published extension guidance, not from a laboratory. A standard of identity is a federal floor and your state adds to it. Anything here is a starting point for a conversation with your state department of agriculture, not a determination that you comply.