I have a question about Care Bears fruit snacks...?

Question

I need to know if the Care Bears fruit-flavored snacks are kosher. There is no gelatin in them, but some of my friends have told me that there is pectin. What exactly is pectin? Is it kosher?

*PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE IT SAYS IT. IN OTHER WORDS CITE YOUR WORK!!!!*

Answer 1

I eat the care bear fruit snacks so I found it on the nutritional facts.
It contains 2% or less of pectin.
Pectin comes from the cell walls of plants. It forms a gel and is used as an edible thickening agent in processed foods. It is used for making jams and jellies.

Answer 2

Pectin, a gel that is obtained from citrus peels or apple pomace, is used as a gum in jams and jellies.
Generally speaking, products containing those “secret” ingredients that do not have a “requires reliable kosher certification” statement may be purchased without hashgacha. However, when a product bears reliable kosher certification, the ingredients are no longer just assumed to be kosher; the consumer is assured that the ingredients are indeed kosher and that any other issues, however minimal, have been resolved.

Are any of the dairy kosher approved ingredients used in cholov yisroel products? In the United States, any dairy ingredient used in a cholov yisroel production is derived from cholov yisroel sources. For example, the cultures used to make cheese or yogurt are specially manufactured for cholov yisroel productions. All mehadrin supervisions in Israel will also follow these rules. Consumers wishing to purchase cholov yisroel must identify a cholov yisroel statement on the label of products containing any of the dairy ingredients above.3

In regard to Pesach, products containing the aforementioned ingredients require reliable kosher for Passover certification.

So there you have it in a nutshell. And these are only the basics. Hopefully the kosher consumer will gain a greater appreciation of the work involved for kashrus organizations to ensure that what we are eating is 100% kosher.
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-palate-secretingredient.htm

General Rules
Although the details of kashrut are extensive, the laws all derive from a few fairly simple, straightforward rules:

Certain animals may not be eaten at all. This restriction includes the flesh, organs, eggs and milk of the forbidden animals.
Of the animals that may be eaten, the birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
All blood must be drained from the meat or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
Certain parts of permitted animals may not be eaten.
Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals) cannot be eaten with dairy. Fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables and grains can be eaten with either meat or dairy. (According to some views, fish may not be eaten with meat).
Utensils that have come into contact with meat may not be used with dairy, and vice versa. Utensils that have come into contact with non-kosher food may not be used with kosher food. This applies only where the contact occurred while the food was hot.
Grape products made by non-Jews may not be eaten.

http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm

Answer 3

Pectin is a heterosaccharide derived from the cell wall of plants. Pectins vary in their chain lengths, complexity and the order of each of the monosaccharide units. It was first isolated and described in 1825 by Henri Braconnot. A heterosaccharide is a glycoside in which a sugar (saccharide) group is attached to a nonsugar group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin