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