Jams and preserves hold a familiar place in the Filipino kitchen — ube halaya spooned over halo-halo or served on its own at Christmas, coconut jam spread on pandesal for merienda, mango and guava preserves cooked down when the harvest comes in heavy. Most of what you will find here is made in small batches by home producers and small food businesses, so what is available shifts with the fruit season and with each maker's production run.
This is a new subcategory, so listings are still few, but the range Filipino makers typically offer covers:
Ube halaya: purple yam cooked slowly with milk and sugar into a thick spread — the best-known Filipino preserve, and a staple of pasalubong tables
Coconut jam (matamis na bao): made from coconut milk and muscovado, dark and caramel-like, traditionally eaten with pandesal or rice cakes
Fruit jams: mango, guava, strawberry, calamansi and other local fruit cooked into spreads, usually in small batches when the fruit is in season
Fruit preserves and spreads: chunkier or less-sweetened styles, including preserves that keep the fruit in pieces rather than cooking it down completely
Jar sizes, sweetness and shelf life vary a lot between makers, so check each listing for the jar size, ingredients and whether the jam needs refrigeration once opened before comparing prices.
Producers post from across the country, with fruit-growing provinces supplying the seasonal jams and Metro Manila and Cebu makers producing year-round batches. Some offer local pickup, others ship nationwide with the courier fee built into the price, so check the delivery terms on each listing — glass jars usually mean tighter packing requirements and higher shipping costs than dry goods.
Households keeping a jar for breakfast and merienda. Bakers and dessert makers buying by the batch for cakes, pastries and halo-halo. Cafés and small food businesses looking for a local spread instead of an imported one. Resellers and pasalubong shops stocking jars to sell on.
FarmyHub is the marketplace, not the kitchen. We do not cook, jar, label or deliver any of the preserves listed here. Every maker manages their own batches, sets their own prices, and arranges pickup or delivery with you directly through the platform chat.
Buying for a food business and need a larger batch than a listing shows? Message the maker directly — most small producers can cook to order when given notice.
You can also browse Fruit-Based Snacks for dried fruit and chips, Honey for another natural spread, or Fruits, Vegetables & Growables if you would rather buy the fresh fruit and cook it down yourself.
