''Nata de piña'' ("cream of pineapple" in Spanish), also marketed as pineapple gel or pineapple gelatin, is a chewy, translucent, jelly-like food produced by the

fermentation Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. In food ...

of pineapple juice. It is a traditional dessert in the Philippines, produced since the 18th century using waste pineapple juices from the piña fiber industry in Pagsanjan,

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. It has a sweet-sour taste and is popularly used in fruit salads, jams, ice creams, candies, and various other dishes. ''Nata de piña'' production isn't as widespread as '' nata de coco'', a variant that uses coconut water, largely because of the seasonal nature of pineapple farming. Commercially produced ''nata de piña'' is generally made from extracts of discarded pulp and pineapple skin. The

gel A gel is a semi-solid that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state, although the liquid phase may still di ...

ling is the result of the production of

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by ''

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