Indeed, if I were to describe the sugar, corn syrup and pectin lozenge that, above all others, might conjure Proustian memories of childhood Easters, it would be the purple jelly bean.

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And since the fruit has a high pectin content (around 25%) its offers the benefit of being a natural thickening and binding agent.

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We toast each other some more and swirl the wine around, watching the pectin leave trails on our glasses.

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