New Delhi, April 8 -- Meghan Markle's much-hyped food brand, now called As Ever, recently launched with items like jam, shortbread cookie mix, tea and flower sprinkles. While fans rushed to buy them, the New York Post's review says the products are far from royal and quite average.

The $14 raspberry jam, first teased by the Duchess of Sussex under the America Riviera Orchard label, got mixed reactions.

Long-time Post food critic Steve Cuozzo said, "It tastes like the same kind of raspberry spread/jam/jelly/preserve that you can buy in any supermarket in the United States. It tastes fine. Raspberry jam always tastes fine. There's nothing unique about this."

Another editor found it with "high acid profile" while someone else liked the lo...