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Pectin is widely used in the processing of food and beverages, such as jam, jelly, fruit yogurt, soft sweets, ice-cream, sour milk or soymilk. It helps giving food a natural, moderate, tart and sweet fruit taste, and charming delicate fragrance flavor.
Pectin is also used extensively in the pharmaceutical industry. The pectin has definite curative effects on some chronic such as hypertension and sonstipation. It can reduce the level of blood sugar and blood fat, cut down cholesterol concentration, and relieve lead poisoning. And it is also used in cancer prevention and treatment.
Application
The main use for pectin is as a gelling agent, thickening agent and stabilizer in food.
The classical application is giving the jelly-like consistency to jams or marmalades, which would otherwise be sweet juices.
In medicine, pectin increases viscosity and volume of stool so that it is used against constipation and diarrhea.
Until 2002, it was one of the main ingredients used in Kaopectate, along with kaolinite.
Pectin is also used in wound healing preparations and specialty medical adhesives, such as colostomy devices.
Also, it is considered a natural remedy for nausea. Pectin rich foods are proven to help nausea.
In the cigar industry, pectin is considered an excellent substitute for vegetable glue and many cigar smokers and collectors will use pectin for repairing damaged tobacco wrapper leaves on their cigars.
Items |
Standard |
Analysis Result |
Appearance |
Light yellow powder White powder |
Qualified |
Particle Size |
≥95% pass through 60 mesh |
Qualified |
Gel Degree (USA-SAG, °) |
150±5° |
151° |
Galacturonic acid % |
≥ 65.0 |
91.5 |
Loss on drying % |
≤ 10 |
7.0 |
Ash content % |
≤ 5 |
2.5 |
Degree of esterification % |
66-72 |
70.8 |
H ydrochloric acid insoluble% |
≤ 1 |
0.16 |
PH(2.5% water solution) |
2.6-3.0 |
2.8 |
Heavy Metals (Pb) mg/kg |
≤ 15 |
<15 |
As mg/kg |
≤ 2 |
<2 |
Pb mg/kg |
≤ 5 |
<5 |
SO2 % |
≤ 0.005 |
<0.005 |
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