pectin
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In 1941, the company purchased distilling facilities in Virginia and Lyons, N.Y., to increase production, then during the war it made pectin, a vital preservative used in military food rations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
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
Tips: There are different brands of powdered pectin, so the amount needed may change depending on which you buy.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
The fiber pectin is found mainly in an apple's pulp.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023
The ocular pectin in their eyes had developed.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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