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

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

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023

Does it play an active role, or is it just a medium for the pectin, to make it more palatable or easier to consume?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The ocular pectin in their eyes had developed.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George