Cyn, ? about Pomonas Pectin. Is it pectin that uses "less" sugar recipes?

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barbara-in-va

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I don't want to use any sugar substitutes but I would love to make jam and jelly with less sugar. Sometimes they are so sweet all you can taste is the sugar and the fruit gets lost.

Have you tried it? Did you order it on line or find it in a store?

TIA!

 
Hi Barb- It's supposed to let the taste of the fruit "shine" through and not have any

aftertaste like the ones in the market do.It got raves last year on another site. I ordered it a couple of days ago. With any luck, the pectin will arrive at the same time the strawberries ripen. Will let you know the results.

 
Pomona's Pectin, if I remember correctly is a pectin/jelly-ing agent that. . .

works in a different manner so that it does not need a reaction with sugar to provide "jell" in jams and jellies.

I have never used it to make jams or jellies, but a friend of mine used to use it all the time because she did not want sugar in her jams, and she liked it.

As for regular jams being too sweet, I am with you on that. My kids won't touch a full-sugar apricot jam, but they love the jam I make with pectin that requires 1/3 less sugar, and so do I. I have used the light pectin on all sorts of fruit and it is excellent--EXCEPT for Santa Rosa Plum Jam (which includes the very tart plum skin); for this jam I use a full sugar pectin an like the results,

If you have not tried a "light" pectin that uses less sugar, I recommend it. I think the brand I use is Sure-Jell Light, which advertises 1/3 less sugar use on their boxes.

 
I use a technique from the book Gourmet Preserves chez Madelaine (more)

you utilize the natural pectin in the fruit and supplemnet low-pectin fruits with some higher pectin fruit.
You use a LOT less sugar, get a little "softer" jam, but the flavor is fantastic.
The book should be available in libraries or on Inter Library Loan if your local library doesn't have it.

 
Thanks mistral. I have been unsuccessful in finding the "less" sugar versions

around here. Not too many canners in my area I guess. I will probably have to just order some on line smileys/smile.gif I am thinking the "less" sugar product is what I am looking for.

Thank you.

 
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