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On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:48:00 -0500, James Silverton
> wrote:

>I quite enjoy Trader Joe's Seville Orange Marmalade but I was idly
>contemplating the label on the jar and I saw that one of the ingredients
>was pectin. I wonder why that should be when the marmalade contains
>slices of peel and orange peel is a rich source of pectin.
>
>I also saw that the marmalade was made in Canada and the jar contained
>17.5 oz. This, as the jar indicates, is 496g. I wonder why they don't
>put a little more in the jar and make its weight a round 500g?


Yes, the orange is very good, flavor and consistency, and I've tried
some of the others as well, the blackberry is also very good and none
of the flavors is bad. Cherry is good but the whole cherries
sometimes have floated to the top of the jar.

J.