Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a fibre-containing pectin product from a plant material. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a plant material comprising pectin, where said pectin is having a degree of esterification of 55% or less, (ii) adding an acidic aqueous solution to the pectin containing plant material obtained in step (i) and providing a suspension of the plant material, where the suspended plant material provides an in situ system by swelling the plant material under conditions where the pectin is kept within the plant material, and (iii) obtaining the fibre-containing pectin product from the suspension provided in step (ii), wherein the plant material is substantially depleted from divalent cations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a fiber-containing pectin product from a plant material. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a plant material comprising pectin, where said pectin is having a degree of esterification of 55% or less, (ii) adding an acidic aqueous solution to the pectin containing plant material obtained in step (i) and providing a suspension of the plant material, where the suspended plant material provides an in situ system by swelling the plant material under conditions where the pectin is kept within the plant material, and (iii) obtaining the fiber-containing pectin product from the suspension provided in step (ii), wherein the plant material is substantially depleted from divalent cations.

Abstract: A method is provided for treating pectin-containing plant materials in a manner to obtain fiber-containing pectin products, and subsequently pectin products, having a high molecular weight of the pectin polymer and a homogeneous distribution of the de-esterified sites in the pectin polymer and thereby providing products having improved gel-forming and/or viscous giving properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a fibre-containing pectin product from a plant material. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a plant material comprising pectin, where said pectin is having a degree of esterification of 55% or less, (ii) adding an acidic aqueous solution to the pectin containing plant material obtained in step (i) and providing a suspension of the plant material, where the suspended plant material provides an in situ system by swelling the plant material under conditions where the pectin is kept within the plant material, and (iii) obtaining the fibre-containing pectin product from the suspension provided in step (ii), wherein the plant material is substantially depleted from divalent cations.

Abstract: A method of providing selected fractions of high-esterified pectin, each having different functionalities, by consecutive extraction of a vegetable material with acidic aqueous solutions to obtain successive fractions of high-esterified pectin with increasing setting time. The vegetable material is optionally prior to being extracted subjected to an acid pre-treatment by heating it in a homogeneous mixture of water and a water-miscible organic solvent. The pectin fractions obtainable by the method have improved properties when used in the preparation of food products such as preserves and acidified milk products. The pectin fractions are also useful as starting materials in a method of obtaining deesterified and optionally amidated pectin fractions having additionally improved functional characteristics.

Abstract: A method of providing selected fractions of high-esterified pectin, each having different functionalities, by consecutive extraction of a vegetable material with acidic aqueous solutions to obtain successive fractions of high-esterified pectin with increasing setting time. The vegetable material is optionally prior to being extracted subjected to an acid pre-treatment by heating it in a homogeneous mixture of water and a water-miscible organic solvent. The pectin fractions obtainable by the method have improved properties when used in the preparation of food products such as preserves and acidified milk products. The pectin fractions are also useful as starting materials in a method of obtaining deesterified and optionally amidated pectin fractions having additionally improved functional characteristics.

Abstract: A method of producing a carrageenan-containing product comprising reacting a carrageenan-containing seaweed starting material in a substantially homogenous mixture of a solvent in which carrageenan is substantially insoluble, and an alkaline aqueous phase, ans subjecting the reacted and washed seaweed to shear stress, and a carrageenan-containing product obtainable by the method.