Reduced Sugar Strawberry Preserves

Strawberries are juicy, red, sweet fruits used in preserves, juice, pies, ice creams, beverages and candies.

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Sugar, or sucrose, provides sweetness and texture to foods, and is made by evaporating water from the syrup of sugar cane or sugar beets until sugar crystals form. Sugar may be granulated, or very finely ground into powder when a finer texture is desired.

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Water is a transparent and nearly colorless liquid that is essential for human health.

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Pectin is the gelling agent in jams and jellies. It comes from the cell walls of plant material, including pears, apples and citrus fruits.

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Citric acid is used to add flavor or to prevent foods from spoiling, and is found in lemons, limes and other sour fruits or produced by fermentation.

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Locust Bean Gum, or carob bean gum, is a natural gum that thickens, gels and keeps foods from separating. It comes from the seeds of the carob tree.

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Potassium sorbate and sorbic acid preserve food by preventing yeast, mold and bacteria growth. Potassium sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid.

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Calcium Chloride helps fruit pieces stay firm in a jam or preserves by helping pectin form a firmer gel. It comes from limestone, or from combining ammonium carbonate and sodium chloride.

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Artificial colors enhance or add color to food and may be man-made or from natural sources.

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