pectin

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Cranberries are high in pectin, a soluble starch that forms a gel and is used as a setting agent in making jams and jellies, which is why they thicken readily with minimal cooking.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

The process also activates pectin, an acidic polysaccharide present in many fruits that sets the jam into a spreadable gel.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

Farmhouses across the nation practically required at least one of the long-lived trees because of quinces’ natural pectin, an important gelling ingredient in preserves.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Q: As I was taking my daily glass of pectin in grape juice, I got to wondering if the grape juice is important.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The ocular pectin in their eyes had developed.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George