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
Sugar, pectin and a little lemon juice are the only other ingredients.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
We discuss multiple home remedies like gin-soaked raisins and pectin in grape juice in our book, “The Graedons’ Guide to Alternatives for Arthritis.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 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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