My grandmother was born in 1914 and never used a box of pectin to make jam or jelly a day in her life... And you don't have to either. Pectin occurs naturally in fruit and if you know the right ratio of high pectin fruit to pair with lower pectin fruit, you can make jams and jellies all day long that set with one less store bought ingredient. High pectin fruits: 🍋 Lemon and limes 🍏 Apple with the peel (unripe and green being the highest) Red currants Plus, most brands of store-bought pectin us