Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Pectin is a dietary soluble fiber found in the cell walls of fruits and vegetables. It is a type of carbohydrate called a non-starch polysaccharide that the ...

Starch is a complex carbohydrate that has different proportions of two polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin. Different starches – such as potato, corn or cassava – have their own ratio of ...