This study investigated the effect of citric, nitric and sulfuric acid on the yield and
physicochemical properties of pectin extracted from jackfruit and chempedak fruit rinds. Yield
and physicochemical properties such as uronic acid content, degree of esterification, degree of
acetylation and colour of pectin solution were determined and compared. Yield of pectin from
jackfruit and chempedak fruit rinds with nitric acid as extractant were 14.81 ± 1.02% and 17.62
± 0.69%, respectively, which were the lowest. The uronic acid content of all extracted pectin
was more than 65%. All jackfruit and chempedak fruit rind pectins in this study were high
methoxyl pectin with degree of esterification ranging from 72-75% for jackfruit rind pectin and
66-69% for chempedak rind pectin. The degree of acetylation of all extracted pectin was lower
than 1%. For both jackfruit and chempedak fruit rind pectins, the citric acid-extracted pectin
produced darker, more reddish and yellowish solution and thus is least preferable. Among
the acids studied, sulfuric acid was the best extractant due to the high yield of pectin and the
solution of this pectin was brighter, less reddish and yellowish.