Meghan Markle's As Ever products blasted in scathing taste test review

As Ever products have been slammed in a brutal review.

Maureen Callahan even claimed she was nearly sick after sampling the food, including a raspberry preserve and a crêpe mix. The products are on the market now, as part of Meghan's new As Ever brand, .

But the critic called the treats "inedible" in the scathing review for . In it, Maureen writes: "The jam itself, much like our duchess, seems to lack a centre of gravity. It is runny — a kind of jelly that doesn't gel. The taste, also like our duchess, is sickly sweet, and the texture leaves a filmy coat on the tongue.

"Trust me: I ordered everything available and put it to a taste test. A brief taste, that is. Most of Meghan Markle's outrageously priced products are inedible. Truly."

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Maureen offers a glimpse of praise for the tea bags, also part of the brand. She writes: "If Meghan envisions these teas as the perfect beverage to accompany her sweet treats, I'd suggest not pairing them but saving them to then end — especially the peppermint, which helps with what this taste test nearly induced in me: nausea."

The peppermint is one of three flavours, which also include herbal lemon ginger. They are $12 (£9) per tin, part of a pricing structure Maureen describes as "outrageous" in her piece of editorial.

"Meghan's crêpe mix, meanwhile, resulted in a flavour and mouthfeel most akin to undercooked pancakes. It was bland, as was the shortbread cookie mix ($14), which yielded cookies that tasted both a little too sweet and a little too salty, but ultimately lacked any distinctive punch," the review adds.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, has defended her product's pricing. Speaking out in the wake of , which has sent the stock markets into chaos, the mum of two said . She said: "At the moment, all of our products are currently made in the US, so we don't anticipate tariffs affecting us directly."

And the price of Meghan's products has also been compared to similar available on the market - and are more expensive than several royal equivalents. The online shop of the King's Highgrove home sells an organic raspberry-and-blackberry preserve for £6.95, while the Sandringham royal estate has a raspberry-and-gin preserve at £6.99.

But Meghan added she wanted to create items that look "more prestige" but are "affordable". She explained: "But as we look at the larger context of how this is going to affect the consumer day to day, I'm very grateful that in part of the conception of this brand, I wanted to create products that look more prestige but are more accessible and affordable."