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

Sugar, pectin and a little lemon juice are the only other ingredients.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

The fiber pectin is found mainly in an apple's pulp.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023

What if you just took a couple of teaspoons of liquid pectin, or even, if you had small enough spoons, an eighth of a teaspoon of powdered pectin?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The ocular pectin in their eyes had developed.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George