19th Apr 2009
Increase Regularity With Apple Pectin
As a dietary fiber, apple pectin powder is helpful in maintaining good digestive health. Fruits rich in pectin include the peach, apple, currant, and plum. Protopectin, present in unripe fruits, is converted to pectin as the fruit ripens. Pectin forms a colloidal solution in water and gels on cooling. When fruits are cooked with the correct amount of sugar, and when the acidity is optimum and the amount of pectin present is sufficient, jams and jellies can be made. In overripe fruits, the pectin becomes pectic acid, which does not form jelly with sugar solutions.
When making homemade jams and jellies, commercial powdered pectin is usually the most expensive ingredient. A few generations ago, powdered pectin wasn’t readily available, and the skill of making pectin at home was common knowledge for the family cook yet today it is a rare individual who knows how to do this.
To prepare liquid apple pectin, it is best to use under ripe apples that are still a bit green, hard, and sour. Ripe apples contain less pectin, but the level varies greatly from one tree to the next; some varieties are suitable when ripe, while some have virtually no pectin by that time. Over ripe apples are the worst.
You can use your damaged or misshapen apples for making pectin. Chop them in halves or quarters, fill a large pot, and then add just enough water to almost cover the apple chunks. Cover the pot and place it on low heat for a long time, until the apples are fully cooked and you have something that looks like runny applesauce with skins and seeds in it. Stir the apples every twenty minutes or so while they are cooking. What you have left after straining out the skins is pectin.
Natural apple pectin powder is available in capsule, tablet, or powder forms to suite your every need. Look for name brand pectin from Kal, Natures Plus, Now Foods, and Twinlab to ensure quality and purity of the product you want to purchase. Pectin from apples is always available at your local or internet health food store.
*Statements contained herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Apple pectin fiber is not intended to diagnose, treat and cure or prevent disease. Always consult with your professional health care provider before changing any medication or adding Vitamins to medications.
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