SAN JOSE >> For all of Meghan Markle’s talk about being “authentic” by publicizing her viral pregnancy twerking video or demanding that people “tell the truth” about her, a recent report raises questions about whether she’s being straightforward about what’s going on with her embattled As Ever lifestyle brand and whether she’s selling jam, tea and other food products that align with current culinary ideas about what’s “authentic.”

Speaking of those products, the Montecito-based Duchess of Sussex has announced that “favorite” items and “surprises” would go on sale again after she saw the first collection quickly sell out in early April. But potential customers might be interested to learn from a new report on who’s actually responsible for creating Meghan’s “faux-country” As Ever’s products — and it’s not Meghan.

Puck business writer Rachel Strugatz reported earlier this month that Netflix, the global, $500 billion company that streams movies, sports, games and TV shows — including Meghan’s “With Love, Meghan” lifestyle show — oversees the manufacture of her $14 jars of “raspberry spread,” as well as of her honey, tea, cookie mixes and edible, dried-flower sprinkles.

Of course, most people who managed to score some of Meghan’s raspberry spread probably didn’t think that the raspberries actually came from her and Prince Harry’s Montecito garden. They also probably expect that Meghan, like other celebrity entrepreneurs, hires others to produce the goods carrying her brand name. The marketing copy on the As Ever website admitted as much, though the copy also tried to make it sound as though Meghan remained intimately involved with making her “signature” berry spread, with its “hint of lemon.”

The copy said the product being sold was “inspired” by a recipe that Meghan “crafted in her home kitchen,” while the former TV actor told Fast Company in late May that she has a “team” that works closely with “a team” at Netflix.

As Strugatz noted, this Netflix “team” also is responsible for mass-producing packaged consumer goods that are tied to some of the streamer’s other shows, including “Bridgerton,” “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.” The sale of these goods through Netflix’s online shop represents the streamer’s “opportunistic attempt” to cash in on these shows’ popularity, Strugatz said.