As for strawberry jam, the results are less worrying, since the fruits, grown above ground, “benefit from a more controlled environment”, points the association. Despite everything, the “Dordogne Reflets de France” jam from the Carrefour brand contains traces of five fungicides or insecticides and the “Confituriers des Hauts-de-France” jam contains traces of four pesticides. However, the quantities found are “very weak”, emphasizes Blandine Delbecque, quality manager at Lucullue, owner of the Confituriers brand. “The doses observed are five to ten times within the maximum residue limit” required by law, she said.
For those who would still like to avoid any ingestion of these pesticides, the consumer defense association points out that it is possible to turn to organic brands. No trace of pesticide was detected in the 10 brands analyzed in the test.
