A start-up called Pectacea is making "solid progress" on a pioneering project that could create a completely new category of heart-healthy foods based on the ability of natural pectins to inhibit a ...

A diet containing fruits and vegetables contains pectins (plant polysaccharides). Pectin cannot be metabolized by mammalian cells in the gastrointestinal tract but is fermented by the gut microbiota ...

Increased understanding of pectins, a major component of plant cell walls, is opening the door to novel applications, as well driving research into new sources, says a new review. "More and more ...

For centuries, cooks relied on pectin to thicken jellies and jams. Today, this time-tested ingredient is sparking new innovations, as formulators unleash its thickening, gelling and protein ...

Danish food ingredients company Danisco has said it has developed two new pectin products that are designed to provide a rich, creamy texture to low pH dairy drinks. Danisco said the new Grindsted ...

Well, for every severe Spock, there is a Captain Kirk. Where insoluble fibres are stern, immutable and unresponsive to digestive juices, soluble fibres are their light-hearted counterparts. These are ...