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Pectin is the one food gum consumers recognize on product labels and may even keep in their pantry for canning jams and jellies. Commonly used as a gelling agent, stabilizer and thickener, the use of pectin more recently expanded into other applications including juice beverages, where it enhances mouthfeel, and acidified dairy applications, where it provides protein stabilization.
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Sources of Citrus Pectin
Commercial pectin is most commonly manufactured from the peels of apples or citrus fruits like lemons, limes and oranges. Like any agricultural product, the supply of pectin has fluctuated at times when weather damaged or otherwise limited crop yields; this happened most recently with the 2014 crop when citrus greening devastated the lime industry in Mexico and a freeze in Argentina damaged the lemon trees.
