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
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
If the package includes instructions for a jelly, follow them and adjust the amount of pectin based on the volume of reduced juice.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
The ocular pectin in their eyes had developed.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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