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Fruits
Pectin Content
Acidity
High Medium Low High Medium Low
Blackcurrants
Crab apples
Cranberries
Gooseberries
Plums (unripe)
Quinces
Red & white currants
Citrus fruits
Cooking apples
Apricots
Cranberries
Grapes (unripe)
Loganberries
Medlars
Morello cherries
Plums (ripe)
Raspberries
Blackberries
Blueberries
Wild Blackberries
Cherries (dessert)
Figs
Grapes (ripe)
Melons
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Rhubarb
Strawberries
PECTIN CHART
Acid when preserving, aids the process of extracting pectin from fruit. The pectin is
essential to your mixture because it helps you reach the required setting point along
with stopping the sugar crystallising.
You can use this chart to guide you with your recipe ingredients. If you choose a fruit high
in pectin you will need Tate and Lyle
®
Preserving Sugar. If your fruit is low in pectin the Tate
and Lyle
®
Jam Sugar will help you to ensure a perfect set.
INGREDIENTS WE LOVE
Making Life a Little Sweeter
Tate & Lyle
®
Preserving Sugar
Tate & Lyle
®
Preserving Sugar goes perfectly with a
variety of fruits to create your favourite marmalades,
chutneys and jams. Larger, slower dissolving crystals
reduce stirring, prevent burning and produce less
froth during boiling. There’s no added pectin, so Tate
& Lyle
®
Preserve Sugar is best used with fruits
containing high pectin levels.
Tate & Lyle
®
Jam Sugar
Tate & Lyle
®
Jam Sugar works as a natural preserving
agent and flavouring during jam making. Added
pectin helps ensure a perfect set when using
low pectin fruits like strawberries or cherries. 1 kg Tate
and Lyle
®
Jam Sugar + 1 Kg fruit = easy and delicious
homemade jam!
Quality of Produce
You may find it a little unusual that we want to talk about storing fresh
produce in a preserving mini guide! But the fresher your produce the
better, so it’s important that you use high quality ingredients and store
these correctly in order to get the best textures and flavours for your
perfect preserve. Of course, some vegetables and fruits keep better
than others, we advise carefully selecting your fresh ingredients and
keep them in the right environment to prevent them from degrading.
Tate & Lyle
®
Jam Sugar
Tate & Lyle
®
Preserving Sugar