Marmalade is the refined British cousin to jam and jelly. Marmalade combines the sweetness of jam with the bitterness of citrus peel, which gives you a rich, complex flavor.

Is jam and marmalade the same?

Next up we have jam, which is made from chopped or pureed fruit (rather than fruit juice) cooked down with sugar. ... Marmalade is simply the name for preserves made with citrus, since it includes the citrus rinds as well as the inner fruit and pulp.

Why is marmalade not called jam?

Well there is a perfectly good explanation for this (it's not that we just want our marmalade to sound fancy); jam is made using the pulp and juices of a fruit, whereas marmalade is made from citrus fruit and uses the juice and peel or rind – giving it the delicious chunky bits in it that make marmalade so tasty!