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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Preparations of fruits, sugar, and sometimes acid "Apple jam", "Blackberry jam", and "Raspberry jam" redirect here. For the George Harrison record, see Apple Jam. For the Jason Becker album, see The Blackberry Jams. For The Western Australian tree, see Acacia acuminata. Fruit preserves ...
This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Citrus Marmalade,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” If you know even ...
Preserving sugar is a kind of sugar used in making high-pectin fruits such as oranges and plums into marmalades, jams and other preserves. [1] [2] It differs from regular table sugar by having larger crystals. This helps keep the sugar suspended in preserves while cooking, preventing burning at the bottom of the pot.
Cooling preserves food by slowing down the growth and reproduction of microorganisms and the action of enzymes that causes the food to rot. The introduction of commercial and domestic refrigerators drastically improved the diets of many in the Western world by allowing food such as fresh fruit, salads and dairy products to be stored safely for ...
Pectin was first isolated and described in 1825 by Henri Braconnot, though the action of pectin to make jams and marmalades was known long before. To obtain well-set jams from fruits that had little or only poor quality pectin, pectin-rich fruits or their extracts were mixed into the recipe. [citation needed]
Pectin is used as a stabiliser in foods such as yogurt. A stabiliser or stabilizer is an additive to food which helps to preserve its structure. Typical uses include preventing oil-water emulsions from separating in products such as salad dressing; preventing ice crystals from forming in frozen food such as ice cream; and preventing fruit from settling in products such as jam, yogurt and jellies.
Bromelain is present in all parts of the pineapple plant (Ananas sp.), [4] but the stem is the most common commercial source, [4] [5] presumably because usable quantities are readily extractable after the fruit has been harvested.