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- noun Plural form of
pectin .
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Examples
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Indirectly also the researches of Tollens on the 'pectins' have contributed to the subject in correcting some of the views which have had a text-book currency for a long period.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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To free the fibers you have to dissolve the pectins, a process called retting.
Just the flax, ma'am ewillett 2008
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Low-methoxyl pectins require the presence of calcium, which is naturally present in some fruits and vegetables.
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High-methoxyl pectins require a specific level of acidity.
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There are two types of pectins: HM and LM which indicates the degree of etherification of the molecule.
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Bouchard M et al, full plain text, 2001: substantial sources are degradation of fruit pectins, liquors, aspartame, smoke:
Aspartame may cause cancer GreenFertility 2007
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PCBs peaches peanut butter peanut oil pears peas pectins
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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PCBs peaches peanut butter peanut oil pears peas pectins
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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There are two types of pectins: HM and LM which indicates the degree of etherification of the molecule.
foodbeam » Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir, says the bitter orange – Sexiest marmalade 2007
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But those that can be extracted in this way—starch, pectins, such proteins as gelatin—are very useful thickening agents.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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