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Categories: Food additives, Food stabilizers, Articles with short description, Demulcents, Polysaccharides

pectin ATC code A07BC01 ATCvet code QA07BC01 Certo E440

Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams WordNet 3.0

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Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Pectin is a heteropolysaccharide, a structural acid contained in the primary lamella, in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants. Wikipedia

A plant polysaccharide Wikipedia Disambiguation

Structural heteropolysaccharide contained in the primary cell walls of terrestrial plants and some algae Wikidata

A group of naturally occurring complex polysaccharides, containing galacturonic acid, found in plant cell walls, where their function is to cement cells together. OmegaWiki

A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting). Wiktionary

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Apple is rich in pectin and so is often added to other fruits when making jam so it will set. Wiktionary

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