Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Where in the UK can i buy pectin for jam making?

Needs to be a shop not something online as i need it today.Cheers for your help.Where in the UK can i buy pectin for jam making?
If you need today then it would be easiest to buy 'Jam Sugar' which is available in any supermarket - this is sugar to which a standardised amount of pectin has been added.





Pectin is only used at very low levels in jams, e.g. 0.5% by weight, and is also difficult to dissolve without lumping. Unless you're talking about making industrial quantities and have bulk weighing and dissolving systems, then jam sugar is the most convenient form.Where in the UK can i buy pectin for jam making?
You should be able to find in supermarkets, I've seen it in Tesco. Look for Certo and I think it's in the aisle where the sugar is.
Check your grocery stores.
Use Jam Sugar.
Ask for apple pectin and buy from Tesco or Sainsburys at 拢1.42 for 250grams. Price checked 30th July. Hope that helps
Maybe Lakeland? I think they might sell jam making things.
you can buy jam making sugar in the supermarket, it has pectin added to it, but if you can't find the jam making sugar, buy some cooking apples and grate them into your jam, they work great, as there is a lot of pectin in cooking applesxx
IDK
Boots normally have it,it's in the beer/wine making section.
Hello, supermarkets sell something called Certo.It's in a jar about the size of a honey pot, usually by the cake making things.Lakeland's sell a lot of cookery stuff too.It's worth asking at old fashioned chemists too.


http://www.certo.co.uk/
At any supermarket.
Pectin occurs naturally in ripe fruit - though some have low levels. I expect you know this. Otherwise - try WHSmith. The pectin is usually found next to the penguin eggs.

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