What is jam?

<p><strong>#087</strong></p><p>Jams, jellies, preserves, marmalade. So many kinds of fruit spreads, but how are they made? How do they go from fruit to gooey spread? How are they delicious? What the chemistry here, and how has it been going on long before we understood it?</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/pectin/3005903.article">https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/pectin/3005903.article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/jam">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/jam</a></li> <li><a href="https://extension.psu.edu/pectins-role-in-making-jam-and-jelly">https://extension.psu.edu/pectins-role-in-making-jam-and-jelly</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-1986-0310.ch001">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-1986-0310.ch001</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223750507_Pectin_New_insights_into_an_old_polymer_are_starting_to_gel">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223750507_Pectin_New_insights_into_an_old_polymer_are_starting_to_gel</a></li> <li> <a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/chapter/bk9781782622956-00205/978-1-78262-295-6">https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/chapter/bk9781782622956-00205/978-1-78262-295-6</a><p></p> </li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/chemforyourlife">Facebook</a> @ChemForYourLife.<br>Email us at <a>chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a><br>And check out our chill, simple little website at <a href="https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/">https://chemforyou