| Imagine you are making jam and have gotten to the point where you pour the steaming liquor of fruit, sugar, and pectin into the jars. |
| As the fruit ripens, enzymes convert this into pectin, the quantity of which reaches its maximum just before the fruit is fully ripe. |
| Dietary fibre consists of plant material such as cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, polysaccharides, gums, mucilage and lignin. |
| Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. |
| Apples are also rich in the soluble fibre pectin, which helps to lower blood cholesterol. |
| Some alternatives which produce results similar to gelatin are agar-agar, carrageenan, tapioca, sago, guar gum, pectin, and rennet. |
