Household Ingredients Compared › Kaya Jam (Singapore)
Kaya is a coconut-and-egg jam, not a fruit jam. The traditional base is just coconut milk, eggs, sugar and pandan — but almost every jar on a Singapore supermarket shelf adds something else: a modified starch to thicken it, a second sweetener to cut the sugar, a flavouring, or a colour to make the green greener. This page shows the list as printed, so you can tell a four-ingredient kaya from a twelve-ingredient one.
This page does not give a health score, a ranking, or a “best” pick. It flags added sugar and allergens, and explains the jargon in plain English. Kaya is not strawberry jam or chocolate spread — those are separate pages, and flavoured kaya variants (coffee, chocolate, durian, matcha) are listed here only because they are still sold as kaya.
| Product | First ingredient | Sweeteners beyond sugar | Notable extras / flags | Pack size (as printed) | Country of manufacture (as printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ya Kun Kaya (Original) | Eggs* | — | 4 ingredients only; *order per Open Food Facts, see panel | 290g | Singapore |
| Killiney Singapore Kaya Coconut Jam 240g (also 90g mini jar) | Sugar | — | E1442; pandan leaves extract | 240g (also 90g mini jar, same list) | Singapore |
| Killiney Kaya Jam (Sachet) 5 × 18g | Sugar | — | Same 5-ingredient list as the 240g jar | 5 × 18g | Singapore |
| Killiney Eggless Kaya 225g | Sugar | Maltodextrin | No egg — Hegg egg powder; pandan flavour, not leaf extract | 225g | not stated |
| Tong Heng Homemade Kaya — Nonya Pandan ‡ | Eggs | — | ‡Secondary list; 4 ingredients only | not stated | Singapore |
| Tong Heng Homemade Kaya — Coconut Sugar ‡ | Eggs | Coconut sugar (in place of sugar) | ‡Secondary list; 4 ingredients only | not stated | Singapore |
| FairPrice Nonya Kaya 410g | Sugar | Sorbitol | E1442, maltodextrin, colours E102 + E133 | 410g | Singapore |
| FairPrice Nonya Kaya 250g | Sugar | — | E1442, colour E102 only | 250g | Singapore |
| FairPrice Nonya Kaya – Less Sugar 400g | Sugar | Maltitol, sorbitol, inulin | Coconut extract (not “milk”); calcium carbonate | 400g | Singapore |
| FairPrice XO Premium Kaya (Less Sugar) 410g | Sugar | Isomalt | Same list as Fong Yit XO — see note | 410g | Singapore |
| FairPrice Hainanese Kaya with Honey 250g | Sugar | Honey | Caramel colour implied by style, not listed; flavouring listed | 250g (400g jar also exists; panelled list is the 250g one) | Singapore |
| Fong Yit XO Kaya – Less Sugar 270g | Sugar | Isomalt | Same list as FairPrice XO Premium — see note | 270g | not stated |
| Glory Nonya Kaya 400g | Coconut extract (45%) | — | Egg 4%; colours E102, E110, E133; list conflicts — see panel | 400g | Singapore |
| Glory Hainanese Kaya with Honey 400g | Coconut extract (45%) | Honey (2%) | Egg 4% dry weight; secondary list — see panel | 400g | not stated |
| Glory Nonya Kaya – Less Sugar 250g | Sugar | Maltitol, inulin, sorbitol | Calcium carbonate; FOS claim (brand's claim) | 250g | not stated |
| Glory Nonya Kaya – No Sugar Added 250g | Sugar ⚠️ | Maltitol, inulin, sorbitol | List identical to Less Sugar; name conflict flagged | 250g | not stated |
| Wang Original Kaya (Heavenly Wang) 270g | Sugar | — | Butter cream; salt; water | 270g | Singapore |
| Wang Kaya – Less Sweet 270g | Sugar | Isomalt, soluble fibre | No starch listed — unusual for a reduced-sugar kaya | 270g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Premium Nonya 240g | Sugar | — | E1442; pandan leaf extract | 240g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Premium Hainanese 240g | Sugar | — (caramel listed) | Caramel + pandan leaf extract; jaggery mentioned in description, not in list | 240g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Hainanese 250g (Sing Kee) | Sugar | — | E1442; pandan leaf extract; no caramel in list — differs from Premium | 250g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Chocolate 225g | Sugar | — | Dark chocolate chips; still a kaya, not a chocolate spread | 225g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Coffee 225g | Sugar | — | Coffee (Robusta + Arabica per description) | 225g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Durian 225g | Sugar | — | Durian; no pandan listed | 225g | Singapore |
| Kaya House Greentea (Matcha) 225g | Sugar | — | Matcha (Japanese green tea powder per description) | 225g | Singapore |
| Delyco Traditional Nyonya Kaya – Pandan | Sugar | Glucose syrup | Maltodextrin, potato flakes, colours E133 + E102 | not stated | not stated |
| Golden Light Nonya Kaya 425g † | Sugar | — | †Non-SG list for same 425g pack — see panel | 425g | Malaysia |
| Golden Light Pandan Kaya 425g † | Sugar | — | †Non-SG list; maize starch E1422, not E1442 | 425g | Malaysia |
| Habhal's Kaya 420g † | Sugar (40%) | — | †Non-SG list; coconut milk powder, not liquid coconut milk | 420g | Malaysia |
| Four Seasons Mini Durian Kaya 4 × 30g | Sugar | — | Durian + durian flavour; starch (type not numbered) | 4 × 30g | not stated |
| SnackFirst Organic Vegan Kaya | Organic cashews | Coconut flower sugar | No egg, no coconut milk; cashew allergen; pandan paste | not stated | not stated |
| SingShiok Original Kaya 100g ‡ | Sugar | — | ‡Seller description, secondary source | 100g | not stated |
| Kaya-O Hainanese Kaya Kopi-O 180g ‡ | Nanyang Kopi-O | Gula melaka + sugar | ‡Seller description, secondary source; coffee in first place | 180g | not stated |
Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only. † = ingredient list from a non-Singapore retailer for the same pack, flagged as such — verify on the Singapore pack before publishing. ‡ = seller-description list, secondary source — verify on the pack before publishing.
These are the jars sold by the kopitiam chains themselves. Note how short the lists are compared with the supermarket section below — and note what is not on them: no colours, no second sweetener, and (except Killiney's shelf-stable jars) no starch.
Pack size: 290g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Eggs, sugar, coconut milk and pandan
Open Food Facts listing for the Singapore product (barcode 8885008152010), 4 ingredients. Ya Kun's own descriptions say the same four things — eggs, sugar, coconut milk and natural fragrance extracted from pandan leaves — and that it contains no preservatives, artificial colouring or flavouring. Allergen: egg Origin: Singapore
What to notice: the order differs between sources. Open Food Facts lists eggs first; a Singapore resale listing for the same jar lists “Sugar, eggs, coconut milk, pandan”. Order matters (ingredients are listed by weight), so this page does not settle which order the current pack uses — check the jar. Either way, this is the shortest list on the page: no starch, no colour, no flavouring, no second sweetener. Ya Kun also sells gula melaka and reduced-sugar variants, but no verbatim list was found for either — see “seen but not verified”.
Pack size: 240g (also 90g mini jar, same list) · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, eggs, coconut milk, modified starch (E1442), pandan leaves extract.
Killiney's official online shop listing for the 240g jar, repeated on its Shopee Singapore Killiney Mart listing and in the 90g mini-jar listing with the same list. Brand statements: no artificial preservatives, sweeteners or colourings; no artificial sweetener, no chemical preservatives. Allergen: egg Origin: Singapore
What to notice: sugar first, then eggs — the reverse of Ya Kun's Open Food Facts order — plus one starch (E1442) and pandan leaves extract, not “pandan flavour”. This is Killiney's long-life jar (18 months shelf life per the brand), distinct from the handmade jar below.
Pack size: 5 × 18g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Leaves Extract.
FairPrice ingredient section for the sachet box, with the note “No Artificial Sweetener, No Chemical Preservatives”. Allergen: egg Origin: Singapore
What to notice: the sachet list is identical to the 240g jar list — same five ingredients, same order. Format is the only difference found here, so sachets are not a different recipe on the evidence available.
Pack size: 225g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Coconut Milk, Water, Hegg Eggless Egg Powder (Canola Protein, Pea Protein, Gellan Gum, Potato Fibre, Calcium Carbonate, Natural Colouring), Maltodextrin, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Flavour
Killiney's official online shop (Breakfast Trio bundle listing). Killiney says this was developed with Singapore startup Hegg. The listing also notes it is processed in a facility that also processes eggs. Allergen: pea, canola (see note) Egg: none as an ingredient — but facility note applies
What to notice: this is the only panelled kaya that replaces egg rather than just reducing sugar. Water is the third ingredient (it is not in the regular Killiney jar list), and pandan here is “pandan flavour”, not pandan leaves extract. The egg powder itself is a six-part blend — gellan gum is a gelling agent, potato fibre adds body, calcium carbonate adds mineral content and colour stability. Do not read “eggless” as “short list”: this is the longest Killiney list.
Tong Heng is a Chinatown confectionery established in the 1920s, known for its diamond-shaped egg tarts. Its homemade kaya is sold in jars (and in a mini set of three) through its own Shopee Singapore official store and at Chinatown Heritage Centre. The lists below come from a Singapore collaboration product page (Singapura Otter × Tong Heng) that prints the kaya ingredients for the two flavours — a secondary source, flagged as such, not a retailer ingredient section or pack photo.
Pack size: not stated · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (Singapura Otter × Tong Heng Monaka Kaya Jam Set page): Eggs, Sugar, Coconut Milk, Pandan.
Four ingredients in the traditional shape — the same four as Ya Kun's short list, in a different order (eggs first). Tong Heng describes its kaya as homemade and preservative-free. Allergen: egg Origin: Singapore
What to notice: no starch, no colour, no flavouring, no second sweetener — if this list matches the jar, it is one of the shortest on the page alongside Ya Kun. Verify on the jar before publishing: the list gives “pandan” without saying leaf, juice, extract or flavour, and gives no order-of-weight confirmation beyond the order printed.
Pack size: not stated · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (Singapura Otter × Tong Heng Monaka Kaya Jam Set page): Eggs, Pandan, Coconut Sugar, Coconut Milk.
The same four-ingredient shape as the Nonya Pandan jar, with coconut sugar in place of white sugar — and, as printed, pandan listed second, before the sugar. Allergen: egg Origin: Singapore Sweeteners: coconut sugar
What to notice: coconut sugar is a palm sugar closely related to gula melaka, so this is the coconut-sugar counterpart to Ya Kun's gula melaka variant — except that Ya Kun's gula melaka list is still unverified, while this Tong Heng list at least exists in secondary form. The Sea Salt flavour (the third Tong Heng flavour) has no jar ingredient list in this pass — see “seen but not verified”.
This is the main supermarket shelf, taken from FairPrice's kaya category page (20 listings on the day checked). Two patterns dominate: sugar first, and E1442 starch in nearly every jar. The reduced-sugar jars add sugar alcohols and fibre instead of removing sugar outright.
Pack size: 410g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Milk, Sorbitol, Modified Starch (E1442), Maltodextrin, Pandan Juice, Flavouring, Colouring (E102, E133)
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, allergen advice: contains eggs. Allergen: egg Added sugar: sugar
What to notice: this is the standard FairPrice Nonya — and it is also the most additive-heavy FairPrice list: a sugar alcohol (sorbitol) in the regular, not reduced-sugar, jar, plus maltodextrin, plus flavouring on top of pandan juice, plus two colours (E102 yellow, E133 blue — the combination that makes green). Compare the 250g jar below, which drops sorbitol, maltodextrin and E133.
Pack size: 250g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Extract, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Juice, Flavouring and Colouring (E102)
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, “no preservatives added”, allergen advice: contains eggs. Allergen: egg
What to notice: same brand, same style name, different jar size — and a different list from the 410g jar. The 250g jar says “coconut extract” where the 410g jar says “coconut milk”, and it has one colour (E102) instead of two, and no sorbitol or maltodextrin. Do not assume one FairPrice Nonya list covers all FairPrice Nonya jars: size and list vary together here.
Pack size: 400g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Extract, Maltitol, Sorbitol, Inulin, Modified starch (E1442), Pandan Juice, Calcium Carbonate and Flavouring
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, maltitol, sorbitol
What to notice: “less sugar” here means sugar plus two sugar alcohols plus inulin (a fibre) — four sweetening/bulking ingredients where the regular jar has sugar plus sorbitol. Calcium carbonate is also in the list (mineral/calcium source and processing aid). The nutrition panel still shows substantial total sugar, which is expected: sugar is still the first ingredient.
Pack size: 410g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Milk, Isomalt, Pandan Juice and Modified Starch (E1442)
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, isomalt
What to notice: this list is identical, word for word and in order, to the Fong Yit XO Kaya – Less Sugar list below. This page does not assert that one brand makes the other — it records that the two retail lists found are the same, which is worth a pack check before publishing (shared manufacturer, shared listing data, or coincidence are all possible).
Pack size: 250g (400g jar also exists; panelled list is the 250g one) · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Extract, Modified Starch (E1442), Honey, Pandan Juice and Flavouring
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, “no colouring nor preservatives added”. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, honey
What to notice: the Hainanese marker here is honey, not caramel — no caramel is listed, unlike Kaya House Premium Hainanese. Pandan juice and flavouring both appear, as in the Nonya jars. The 400g jar of the same name showed no ingredient section in this crawl (its nutrition panel matches the 250g jar exactly), so only the 250g list is panelled — see “seen but not verified”.
Pack size: 270g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Milk, Isomalt, Pandan Juice, Starch (E1442)
FairPrice ingredient section (also mirrored on GroceryHunt). Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, isomalt
What to notice: the cleanest reduced-sugar structure on this page after Wang Less Sweet: sugar plus one sugar alcohol (isomalt), one starch, pandan juice — no colour, no flavouring, no fibre, no calcium carbonate. Compare FairPrice Nonya Less Sugar 400g, which needs four sweetening/bulking ingredients to do the same job. Identical to the FairPrice XO Premium list above — see that panel's note.
Pack size: 400g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice): Coconut Extract (45%), Sugar, Egg (4%), Modified Tapioca Starch, Pandan Juice & Colours E102, E110 and E133 (FD And C Yellow #05, #06 & Blue #1)
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, “no chemical preservatives and colouring” in the key-information field — note the tension: the ingredient list itself includes colours E102, E110 and E133, so that key-information line appears to mean no chemical preservatives and (on one reading) something else about colouring; this page quotes both and flags the tension rather than resolving it. Allergen: egg
Conflict — do not silently pick one: an Australian retail listing for the same 400g Singapore-made jar gives a different list and order: “Sugar, Coconut Milk (39%), Eggs (Dry Weight 4%), Modified Tapioca Starch (1442), Pandan Juice, Pandan Flavour, Colours (102, 133)” — sugar first, coconut at 39% not 45%, pandan flavour added, and no E110. Open Food Facts for the same barcode gives yet another short form: “Sugar, Coconut Milk, Eggs, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Juice, E102, E133”. The FairPrice list is used as primary here because it is the Singapore retailer's current ingredient section, but a pack photo is needed before publishing to settle the order, the coconut percentage, and whether E110 and pandan flavour are on the Singapore pack.
Pack size: 400g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Coconut Extract (45%), Sugar, Egg (4% dry weight), Modified Tapioca Starch (1442), Honey (2%), Pandan Juice, Flavour
List from Milkrun (Australia) for the Singapore-made Glory jar; the product itself is confirmed sold in Singapore via FairPrice's kaya category and Glory's Shopee Singapore store. This is not a FairPrice ingredient-section transcription — FairPrice's category page lists the product but the ingredient section was not retrieved for this variant in this pass. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, honey (2%)
What to notice: the structure mirrors Glory Nonya (coconut extract 45% first, egg 4%) with honey added at 2% and no colours listed — consistent with a brown Hainanese jar that does not need green colour. Verify on the Singapore pack before publishing: the honey percentage and the absence of colours are the two claims most worth checking.
Pack size: 250g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Maltitol, Inulin, Sorbitol, Modified Tapioca Starch, Calcium Carbonate, Pandan Juice and Flavour
FairPrice ingredient section. Glory's brand description (Shopee Singapore, Glory Food Products store) says this kaya contains fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), has no preservative or colouring added, and is 25% lower in sugar, fat and cholesterol than regular kaya — those are the brand's claims, quoted as such, not this page's findings. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, maltitol, sorbitol
What to notice: no colours listed here, unlike regular Glory Nonya — a reduced-sugar jar that is also a no-colour jar, on this list at least. Inulin is the fibre that also appears in FairPrice's Less Sugar jar; FOS (in the brand description) is a related fructo-oligosaccharide, but it is not named as a separate ingredient in the list itself.
Pack size: 250g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (Shopee Singapore, Glory Food Products store): Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Maltitol, Inulin, Sorbitol, Modified Tapioca Starch, Calcium Carbonate, Pandan Juice and Flavour
Secondary source: the brand's own Shopee Singapore store listing. FairPrice's product page for this variant showed no ingredient section in this crawl, so the Shopee list is used and flagged as secondary. Allergen: egg
Conflict — read the name against the list: a product called “No Sugar Added” whose list starts with sugar, and whose list is word-for-word identical to the “Less Sugar” list above, cannot be taken at face value. Possibilities include a mislabelled listing, a shared formulation under two names, or “no sugar added” meaning something narrower on the pack (for example, no sugar beyond what the ingredients themselves carry — but sugar is listed as an ingredient, so that reading also fails on the evidence found). This panel must be resolved from a pack photo before any publish step; do not quote the “No Sugar Added” name without this flag.
Pack size: 270g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Eggs, Coconut Milk, Modified Tapioca Starch, Pandan and Butter Cream, Water, Salt
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, Halal. Heavenly Wang's own shop page describes its kaya as “authentic recipe since 1953” and “rich and creamy coconut spread flavoured with aromatic pandan leaves”, sold at Heavenly Wang stores, FairPrice supermarkets and FairPrice Online. A Hong Kong reseller listing gives the same list. Allergen: egg, milk (butter cream)
What to notice: this is the only panelled traditional kaya with butter in the list (“pandan and butter cream” — whether that is one blended ingredient or two is not separated on the listing) and with salt and water listed. That matches the brand-background note that Heavenly Wang's recipe adds buttercream and salt to balance the richness. It is also the only panelled kaya with a milk allergen beyond egg.
Pack size: 270g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Isomalt, Coconut Milk, Pandan Juice, Soluble Fibre
FairPrice ingredient section, origin Singapore, “made with all natural ingredients; no added preservatives nor colouring; 25% lower in sugar and saturated fat as compared to regular egg jam” (brand statements). Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, isomalt
What to notice: no starch at all — the only reduced-sugar kaya panelled here without E1442 or any modified starch. Soluble fibre is the texture/bulk ingredient instead. If the pack confirms this list, Wang Less Sweet is structurally the closest reduced-sugar jar to a traditional recipe: sugar, egg, coconut milk, pandan juice, plus isomalt and fibre.
One manufacturer, one base list, five endings. Every Kaya House jar below starts “Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442)” and then adds a single distinguishing ingredient — pandan leaf extract, caramel, chocolate chips, coffee, durian or matcha. That makes this the clearest like-for-like comparison on the page: the flavour ingredient is the only thing that changes. Kaya House is sold in Singapore through Cold Storage and FairPrice (per independent guides) and through its own Shopee Singapore official store; the lists below are from the manufacturer's own product pages (kayaspread.com, Singapore address on each page).
Pack size: 240g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Leaf Extract
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore. “100% handmade by slow cooking method” (brand statement). Allergen: egg
Pack size: 240g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Caramel, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Leaf Extract.
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore. The description mentions “caramel and jaggery from Malaysia” — but jaggery is not in the ingredient list itself; only caramel is. This page lists what the list says, not what the description implies. Allergen: egg
What to notice: caramel is the Hainanese marker here, and it sits between coconut milk and starch in the order — the brown colour comes from a listed ingredient, not from caramelised sugar in the cooking alone.
Pack size: 250g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Pandan Leaf Extract
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore, described as “made from pasteurized coconut milk and eggs combined with pandan leaves, creating our original and best-selling jam”. Allergen: egg
What to notice: the standard Hainanese list has no caramel, while the Premium Hainanese list does — yet both are sold as Hainanese. Either the standard jar gets its brown colour from caramelised sugar during cooking (which would not appear as a separate ingredient), or the two jars genuinely differ in colour source. The lists as printed differ on this point, and this page does not merge them.
Pack size: 225g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Dark Chocolate Chips
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore; description says the chips are Belgian dark chocolate. Allergen: egg; chocolate may carry milk/soy — check pack
What to notice: this is still a kaya base (sugar, egg, coconut milk, starch) with chocolate added at the end — it belongs on this page, not on the chocolate-spread page, because it is sold as kaya. The chocolate chips are the last ingredient, so they are the smallest part by weight.
Pack size: 225g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Coffee
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore; description says Robusta and Arabica coffee beans. Also listed on Shopee Singapore (Kaya House Official Store). Allergen: egg
Pack size: 225g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Durian
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore; description says “wild durian rice from Malaysia” (durian flesh/pulp). Allergen: egg
What to notice: no pandan at all in this list — durian replaces pandan as the flavouring, unlike Four Seasons' durian kaya below, which adds durian flavour as well as durian.
Pack size: 225g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Starch (E1442), Matcha
Manufacturer product page, origin Singapore; description says matcha green tea powder from Japan. Allergen: egg
These jars are sold in Singapore — Golden Light and Habhal's via FairPrice's kaya shelf and Singapore marketplace listings — but their ingredient lists below come from non-Singapore retailers for the same pack. That is flagged on each panel, per the scope rule: a non-SG list is never presented as a Singapore pack transcription.
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Coconut Milk, Eggs, Glucose Syrup, Pandan Juice, Maltodextrin, Potato Flakes, Salt, Permitted Food Colors (E133, E102)
FairPrice (Omni) ingredient section; imported by Apac Food Pte Ltd, Singapore. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: sugar, glucose syrup
What to notice: potato flakes as a thickener — unique on this page (everyone else uses modified starch). Glucose syrup is a second sweetener in the regular jar, not a reduced-sugar one. And the colours (E133 + E102) are listed openly, unlike some jars that rely on pandan juice alone for colour.
Pack size: 425g · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Modified Tapioca Starch, Pandan Juice.
List from Pickaroo (Philippines grocery listing) for the 425g jar. The product itself is listed on FairPrice Singapore (425g, origin Malaysia, Halal, Healthier Choice) — but FairPrice's product page showed no ingredient section in this crawl, so the Pickaroo list is used and flagged as non-SG. Allergen: egg
What to notice: if this list matches the Singapore pack, Golden Light Nonya is one of the cleanest supermarket lists: five ingredients, no colour, no flavouring, no second sweetener — just sugar, egg, coconut milk, tapioca starch and pandan juice. That “if” is doing real work: verify on the Singapore pack before publishing.
Pack size: 425g · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Egg, Coconut Milk, Maize Starch (E1422), Pandan Juice.
List from Pickaroo for the 425g jar; FairPrice Singapore lists the product (425g, origin Malaysia) with no ingredient section in this crawl. Allergen: egg
What to notice: the starch differs from the Nonya jar: maize starch E1422 (acetylated distarch adipate) instead of modified tapioca starch. Two jars, same brand, same size, different starches — another reason not to assume one list covers a brand's whole range. Also note the naming overlap: FairPrice lists both “Golden Light Nonya Kaya Coconut Jam” and “Golden Light Kaya – Pandan” at 425g; whether these are two names for one jar or two jars is not settled by the listings found — check in store.
Pack size: 420g · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar (40%), Coconut Milk Powder (27%), Egg, Salt, Thickener (E415), Colours (E102, E110).
List from Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian supermarket) for Habhal's Kaya 420g, product of Malaysia. Singapore sale is evidenced by a Shopee Singapore multi-brand kaya listing that includes “Habhal's Kaya – 420g” among its options. No Singapore ingredient section was found. Allergen: egg
What to notice: this is the only panelled kaya built on coconut milk powder rather than liquid coconut milk/extract, the only one thickened with E415 (xanthan gum) instead of a modified starch, and the only one with a stated sugar percentage (40%). It is also the only panelled kaya with no pandan ingredient at all — no pandan juice, extract, leaf or flavour. Verify on the Singapore pack before publishing: powder-vs-liquid and the missing pandan are the two points most likely to differ by market.
Pack size: 4 × 30g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Coconut Milk, Eggs, Starch, Durian, Durian flavour
Open Food Facts listing, countries where sold: Singapore, manufacturing/processing place: Singapore; allergen: eggs. Allergen: egg
What to notice: durian and durian flavour — the flavouring tops up the fruit, unlike Kaya House Durian, which lists durian only. Starch is listed without an E-number on this listing, so its type is not stated. No pandan listed.
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Organic Cashews, Coconut Flakes, Coconut Flower Sugar, Pandan Paste
FairPrice ingredient section. SnackFirst describes it as “completely free of eggs and a replacement to traditional kaya”, freshly ground in Singapore, with no hydrogenated palm oils, emulsifiers or chemical preservatives (brand statements). Allergen: cashew (tree nut) Egg: none
What to notice: this is not a reformulated kaya — it is a different food that borrows kaya's flavour idea (coconut + pandan + sweetness). There is no coconut milk, no egg, no starch, no refined sugar: the sweetness is coconut flower sugar, the body is cashews and coconut flakes, and pandan comes as a paste (which may itself contain other ingredients — the FairPrice list does not break the paste down). Anyone with a tree-nut allergy should treat this very differently from every other jar on this page.
Pack size: 100g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sugar, Pasteurized Liquid Eggs, Coconut Milk, Fresh Pandan Juice, Starch
Shopee Singapore seller description (L'earth (S) Pte Ltd Official Store), with the claims “NO PRESERVATIVES”, “HALAL, FSSC & SFA CERTIFIED” (seller/brand claims). Allergen: egg
What to notice: a short five-ingredient list in the traditional shape, but from a seller description, not a retailer ingredient section or pack photo — so it is flagged secondary. “Starch” is unnumbered here, unlike the E1442 in most factory jars.
Pack size: 180g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Nanyang Kopi-O, Coconut Milk, Eggs, Gula Melaka, Pandan, Sugar
Shopee Singapore seller description (kaya_o.sg), with “NO PRESERVATIVE, NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURING” (seller claim). Handcrafted, small-batch, refrigerate-after-opening per the same description. Allergen: egg Sweeteners: gula melaka, sugar
What to notice: kopi-O (black coffee, no milk) is the first ingredient — this is a coffee kaya in the same sense that Kaya House Coffee is, but with gula melaka as the headline sweetener alongside sugar, and pandan listed as “pandan” without saying juice, extract or flavour. Because the list comes from a seller description, verify on the jar before publishing, especially the kopi-O proportion and whether “pandan” means leaf, juice or flavouring.
Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked (18 groups):
How to read this section. Salt = sodium × 2.5. Sodium is shown as printed, with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where a source printed salt only, sodium is shown as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged with †. Figures are per 100g or per 100ml wherever the source gives per-100 figures. Where a source gives per serving only, the row is quoted exactly as per serving and flagged "per serving, not per 100g/ml" in the Basis column — it is not converted, and it must not be compared directly with a per-100 row. Sugars here are total sugars as printed on the pack, not added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, and the ingredient list on this page remains the evidence for whether sugar was added. No Nutri-Grade has been assigned and no health score or ranking is given. A dash (—) means that column was not stated in the source used, not zero.
As sold, per the sources in the research notes. Three panelled kayas now have a usable per-100 g figure, two of them partial: Glory Nonya Kaya 400 g shows total sugars of 32.2 g per 100 g with salt printed as 0 g (sodium 0 mg), Kaya House Nonya Kaya shows sodium of 47 mg per 100 g (salt 0.117 g) with total sugars not stated in the source used, and FairPrice Hainanese Kaya with Honey 250 g — added in the 5 November 2026 re-audit from FairPrice Singapore — has a complete per-100 g panel (313 kcal, sugars 39.8 g, sodium 41 mg). Those are observed numbers only, not a verdict or a ranking. Kaya sugars are total sugars as printed; the ingredient list on this page is the evidence for added sugar (sugar is first on most panelled lists, and reduced-sugar jars add sugar alcohols — see the panels).
| Product | Basis | Energy | Protein | Total fat | Saturated fat | Carbohydrate | Sugars | Sodium (salt equiv.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glory Nonya Kaya 400 g | Per 100 g, as sold | 315 kcal | — | — | — | — | 32.2 g | 0 mg (salt 0 g) |
| Kaya House Nonya Kaya | Per 100 g, as sold | 287 kcal | 4.2 g | 6.67 g | 4.53 g | 52.7 g | — | 47 mg (salt 0.117 g)† |
| Glory Nonya Kaya — Less Sugar 250 g | Per serving, not per 100g/ml — serving 1 tbsp (16 g) | 53 kcal | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FairPrice Hainanese Kaya with Honey 250 g | Per 100 g, as sold | 313 kcal | 3.6 g | 8.4 g | 6.6 g | 55.8 g | 39.8 g | 41 mg (salt 0.10 g) |
Sources and flags: Glory Nonya Kaya 400 g from an Open Food Facts listing marked as sold in Singapore (secondary); only energy, sugars and salt were stated in that listing. FairPrice Hainanese Kaya with Honey 250 g from the FairPrice Singapore product page, per 100 g as printed: https://www.fairprice.com.sg/product/fairprice-hainanese-honey-kaya-250g-11863653 — the 400 g jar page shows the identical per-100 g figures, but the 400 g jar itself stays in seen-but-not-verified because its ingredient list was not retrieved. Kaya House Nonya Kaya from an Open Food Facts listing marked as sold in Australia (secondary, non-SG); total sugars were not stated in that listing, so that cell is blank rather than estimated, and the Australian list must not be presented as the Singapore pack without a pack check. Glory Less Sugar from a Singapore Fitia listing, per serving (1 tbsp, 16 g) as printed; only energy was retrievable from that listing, so the other cells are blank. Generic kaya figures from calorie databases were not used: they do not identify a panelled jar, and one FairPrice Nonya Kaya database entry gives an implausible 50 kcal per 100 g. † Sodium derived from printed salt (salt ÷ 2.5). No per-serving figure above has been converted to per 100 g.
Seen but not verified (nutrition) — no verified nutrition panel was found in this pass for the following panelled products, so no figures are quoted for them here: Ya Kun Kaya (Original); Killiney Singapore Kaya Coconut Jam 240 g; Killiney Kaya Jam (Sachet); Killiney Eggless Kaya 225 g; FairPrice Nonya Kaya 410 g; FairPrice Nonya Kaya 250 g; FairPrice Nonya Kaya – Less Sugar 400 g; FairPrice XO Premium Kaya (Less Sugar) 410 g; Tong Heng Homemade Kaya — Nonya Pandan; Tong Heng Homemade Kaya — Coconut Sugar; Fong Yit XO Kaya – Less Sugar 270 g; Glory Hainanese Kaya with Honey 400 g; Glory Nonya Kaya – No Sugar Added 250 g; Wang Original Kaya 270 g; Wang Kaya – Less Sweet 270 g; Kaya House Premium Nonya 240 g; Kaya House Premium Hainanese 240 g; Kaya House Hainanese 250 g; Kaya House Chocolate 225 g; Kaya House Coffee 225 g; Kaya House Durian 225 g; Kaya House Greentea (Matcha) 225 g; Delyco Traditional Nyonya Kaya – Pandan; Golden Light Nonya Kaya 425 g; Golden Light Pandan Kaya 425 g; Habhal’s Kaya 420 g; Four Seasons Mini Durian Kaya; SnackFirst Organic Vegan Kaya; SingShiok Original Kaya 100 g; Kaya-O Hainanese Kaya Kopi-O 180 g. The Glory “No Sugar Added” name/list conflict already flagged on the ingredient panel is not resolved by nutrition data in this pass.
Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: NTUC FairPrice product pages and kaya category page (ingredient sections); Killiney's official online shop; Kaya House / Sing Kee manufacturer product pages (kayaspread.com); Open Food Facts Singapore listings for Ya Kun, Glory and Four Seasons; SnackFirst via FairPrice; Shopee Singapore brand/seller listings (Glory, Killiney Mart, Kaya House Official Store, SingShiok, Kaya-O) flagged as secondary where used; and non-Singapore retailer listings (Pickaroo, Wai Yee Hong, Milkrun) flagged as non-SG where used for Golden Light, Habhal's and Glory Hainanese. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the page says so instead of filling the gap. Re-audit, 5 November 2026: FairPrice product pages for Toast Box Hainanese Honey, Killiney Handmade 280g, FairPrice Hainanese Honey 400g, FairPrice Nonya No Added Sugar 250g and FairPrice Nonya (Less Sugar) 250g re-opened — still no ingredient sections, but the Hainanese 400g/250g nutrition panels were retrieved; Tong Heng kaya found via its Shopee Singapore official store and the Singapura Otter × Tong Heng collaboration page (secondary lists for Nonya Pandan and Coconut Sugar); Ya Kun gula melaka/reduced-sugar and BreadTalk searches returned no verbatim lists. Open Food Facts is a community database: its listings are useful for cross-checking, but the pack and the retailer's ingredient section take precedence if they disagree.