Pectin

Would

people out there, would your people out there tell me, I could add the pectin, but I don't want to add chemicals?

Pectin's not a chemical, though, is it? Not really.

Well, I don't know.

I've got this really good marmalade.

nightlife has spoken.

No, no, no, hang on.

Pectin's natural in fruit.

[laughs] Question number five, multiple choice question.

Long strands of what protein give the melted cheese in pizza its stretchy consistency? Is it A, pectin, B, Cassian, or C, vitellin? Long strands of what protein give the melted cheese in pizza its stretchy consistency? Is it A, pectin, P-E-C-T-I-N, B, Cassian, C-A-S-S-I-A-N, or C, vitellin, V-I-T-E-L-L-I-N?

Honey, come get your vitellin.

Don't forget to take your multi vitellin.

But vegetarian hydrocolloids work purely via zero calorie physical expansion.

Pectin and agar agar strongly resist enzymatic breakdown in the highly acidic stomach, which significantly delays your gastric transit time.

They literally just keep the stomach physically full for a longer duration.

I see.

Enzymes are biological catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions.

Pectic enzyme acts exactly like a pair of microscopic chemical scissors.

Scissors.

Yes.

One useful place to begin is between neighboring plant cells.

Here, material rich in pectin helps hold the cells together.

Pectin is a complex carbohydrate built from linked sugar units.

Its presence contributes to the coherence of plant tissue.

Separate cells remain joined within a leaf rather than falling apart individually.

Between neighboring walls lies material that helps bind cells into a continuous tissue.

Pectin forms an important part of this joining material.

It is a family of substances that helps the spaces between cells maintain their structure.

Pectin is also familiar from fruit, where it contributes to texture.

Within the leaf separation zone, modifying pectin can reduce the adhesion between neighboring cells.

Other changes affect cell walls themselves.