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title: "Instant Clear Jel®, 1 lb."
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# Pre-gelatinized waxy maize starch Heat & acid tolerant for baking Instant cold thickening Instant Clear Jel®, 1 lb.

**Brand:** barry farm
**Price:** € 16.77
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌟 Elevate your baking game with instant thickening magic!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Instant Clear Jel®, 1 lb. by barry farm
- **How much does it cost?** € 16.77 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- barry farm enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted barry farm brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Bake-Ready Stability:** Designed to withstand one-time baking heat without breaking down, ideal for pies and cobblers.
- • **Trusted by Home Bakers:** Highly rated with 4.6 stars, a must-have pantry upgrade for serious pie makers and foodies.
- • **Superior Texture Control:** Delivers smooth, firm fillings that won’t weep or separate—say goodbye to soggy crusts.
- • **Effortless Cold Thickening:** Instantly thickens cold liquids without heat—perfect for fresh fruit glazes and no-cook desserts.
- • **Versatile Culinary Powerhouse:** Use it in gravies, sauces, compotes, and cold soups for professional-grade consistency.

## Overview

Instant Clear Jel® is a 1 lb. pre-gelatinized modified corn starch that thickens cold or hot mixtures with exceptional heat and acid tolerance. Perfect for no-cook fruit pie fillings, gravies, and sauces, it activates immediately upon mixing and holds texture through one baking cycle, ensuring professional-quality results without soggy crusts or weeping fillings.

## Description

Instant Clear Gel is a modified corn starch is made for use in "cold" products like drinks and fresh strawberry pie glaze.

Review: The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker....??? - Well, the butcher and the candlestick maker probably won't have any use for it..!!! But it you are one of the millions of home bakers who love to make pies, or cobblers, or maybe thicken fruit compotes, make gravies or pan sauces, or cold thickened sauces, soups, or deserts....you will probably like this product. I can think of quite a few other places to use it as well....or at least try it. The first thing to realize is this is NOT a gelatin--it will NOT set up firm like jello. It is a thickening agent. Okay, I can hear you thinking, "...thickening agent?? What kind of a chemical mess is this??" Well, you don't have to be concerned about molecular gastronomy here. Instead, think FLOUR, or more precisely, STARCH. That is what this is. It is an instant product that works like flour, or corn starch, or tapioca flour to thicken liquids or broths or low viscosity solutions. It actually IS a pre-gelatinized form of starch from maize (corn). REMEMBER! This is the 'Instant' version of CLEAR JEL. You need to be aware that it is not the same as the 'regular' CLEAR JEL...see here: Clear Jel, 1 lb. ... There are some differences in the products and in the functions of the products. The 'Instant' version (this version..) is pre-gelatinized...sort of pre-softened or prepared to accept liquid and will readily do so cold without much problem. Totally NOT like flour or regular corn starch. Another difference is that 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL will immediately start the thickening process without heating. The starch granules start hydrating with the liquid and start swelling and thickening immediately upon being mixed into the liquid....which means it is sort of ideal for thickening COLD liquids! Pretty strange, Huh? Yep, I thought so too. So, I bought some to try it out....AND IT WORKS!! So, Where would you use this stuff?? Well, maybe a cold dessert like a strawberry pie with the pretty glaze stuff. Should be thick, but you don't want to cook it, right...There are plenty of other uses too. Think for a moment and I am certain you can come up with some of your own where it would be handy to thicken something without cooking it. There is another feature that differentiates it from the 'regular' CLEAR GEL as well. While the instant version (this one..) starts thickening immediately, it also WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN if you do decide to heat it or cook it, but only ONE TIME. This is important---You should only heat this product once. Exactly what happens if you re-heat it...I don't know. But the manufacturer (supplier..??) says to only heat it one time. So, you CAN use 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL to thicken pies and cobblers and compotes, as long as you only heat them ONE TIME. This means that it IS NOT useful for making home-canned pie fillings (because you have to heat..or cook these fillings several times (once in preparation, once after placing in jars, and at least once more when you bake the pie...right..??) So, no 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL for home-canned pie fillings...or whatever.. Luckily, I know of a product that is perfect for that application as well....It's the 'regular' CLEAR JEL... Clear Jel, 1 lb. ...specially formulated to be cooked, and re-cooked, and re-heated, etc, etc. How do I know.....Yep, you guessed it! I bought some of it too!!
Review: MUCH better than Corn Starch and LESS expensive! - I cannot say how sorry I am that after 45 years of pie making, that I only discovered Clear Jel® this year. I consider myself a good cook, and my pie-making skills top notch, but I've had my fair share of pies turn out soupy or way too stiff with whatever I chose to thicken the filling with - flour, cornstarch, tapioca flour, arrowroot and others. Sometimes the amount I used was too much, sometimes too little, and leftover pies would "weep" in the refrigerator. I've made a half-dozen pies now using Clear Jel® for the thickener and, honestly, it seems to be foolproof. The first time I used it I made a picture-perfect marionberry pie that tasted as good as it looked. The filling didn't budge an inch after cutting the pie - it was firm without being stiff, with a soft and smooth mouth feel. Most important, not a single drop of juice ran. With no watery juice, the crust did not turn into a layer of purple mush; instead it remained a distinctly separate layer of flakey goodness. The vacant spots left on the pie plate after removing some slices were bare and dry - just a few crumbs from the crust. Where in the world has this stuff been all my life? The "instant" variety of Clear Jel® thickens without cooking, but that's not to say you can't use it to thicken something that gets cooked, like a pie. The instant variety is great for making uncooked glazes for things like fresh strawberry pie, but when it's used to thicken a pie that is baked, it is designed for heating only one time (when it's baked), as it will start to break down with subsequent reheating (though I've taken the chill off a pie in the microwave oven with no problems at all). "Regular" Clear Jel® was developed for the commercial food industry to withstand the heat necessary to process products such as canned pie filling. The regular variety what you'd used for any home canning, or for cooking gravies, stews, etc. - things that you want to cook and reheat one or more times without liquid separation. The regular version achieves its thickening in the cooking process. Barry Farm Foods has some excellent, detailed information about Clear Jel® on their website - barryfarm(dot com) - where they provide equivalent measurements of Clear Jel® to exchange for other thickeners, and also explain the difference between the regular and instant varieties. King Arthur sells Clear Jel® in an 8-oz. package with their own label, and it's available on their website. I was able to find it at my local co-operative grocery store, but will get it here in the future, as it's a better deal.

## Features

- INSTANT CLEARJEL is a pre-gelatinized, modified food starch derived from waxy maize.
- It has good heat and acid tolerance making it well suited for applications containing acid or those that require cooking or baking.
- It can be used in dry mix gravies and sauces that are heated and in many bakery applications where its heat and acid stability are desired.
- It is particularly well suited for instant fruit pie fillings where it is used to thicken the filling (without cooking) before it is deposited into pie crusts. The pies are then baked.
- Each bag contains 1lb of INSTANT CLEARJEL

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B00015UC52 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (465) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Manufacturer  | Barry Farm |
| Package Dimensions  | 6.5 x 6.2 x 1 inches; 1 Pounds |
| UPC  | 050647107662 |
| Units  | 16.0 Ounce |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Barry Farm
- **Item Weight:** 1 Pounds
- **Number of Items:** 1
- **Package Weight:** 0.45 Kilograms
- **Unit Count:** 16.0 Ounce

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this product GMO free?**
A: I found your answer here http://www.foodpreserving.org/2013/07/clearjel-canned-fruit-pie-fillings.html?m=1  GMO: ClearJel is not labelled as GMO, however manufacturers have stated there is no corn DNA present when testing ClearJel - so ClearJel technicallydoesn't contain GMO after manufacturing. However, seeing as ClearJel is made from USA-grown corn (which 95% is GMO), more than likely ClearJel is made from GMO corn.

**Q: difference between instant and regular clear jel**
A: Instant clearjel sets up without heat good for fresh fruit pies and should only be baked once. (You can microwave the pie for reheating, but that's it.) So if you were making pie filling for canning, you would have to use the regular because first you cook the filling then you would bake it in the pie.

**Q: is this instant gel made vegetarian or with animal**
A: Vegetarian. It's made from corn. Any Modified starch u can "easily" find online should be vegetarian

**Q: Does it come with directions?**
A: Comes with a recipe on back label calling for 1/4 C Clear Jel to 1 C sugar. It is Modified Cornstarch. Use it to replace other thickeners, the results is a more clear & shiny product. I use it mixed with what sugar I'm putting into my recipe, pies, cobblers, things like that.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker....???
*by T***N on July 29, 2013*

Well, the butcher and the candlestick maker probably won't have any use for it..!!! But it you are one of the millions of home bakers who love to make pies, or cobblers, or maybe thicken fruit compotes, make gravies or pan sauces, or cold thickened sauces, soups, or deserts....you will probably like this product. I can think of quite a few other places to use it as well....or at least try it. The first thing to realize is this is NOT a gelatin--it will NOT set up firm like jello. It is a thickening agent. Okay, I can hear you thinking, "...thickening agent?? What kind of a chemical mess is this??" Well, you don't have to be concerned about molecular gastronomy here. Instead, think FLOUR, or more precisely, STARCH. That is what this is. It is an instant product that works like flour, or corn starch, or tapioca flour to thicken liquids or broths or low viscosity solutions. It actually IS a pre-gelatinized form of starch from maize (corn). REMEMBER! This is the 'Instant' version of CLEAR JEL. You need to be aware that it is not the same as the 'regular' CLEAR JEL...see here: Clear Jel, 1 lb. ... There are some differences in the products and in the functions of the products. The 'Instant' version (this version..) is pre-gelatinized...sort of pre-softened or prepared to accept liquid and will readily do so cold without much problem. Totally NOT like flour or regular corn starch. Another difference is that 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL will immediately start the thickening process without heating. The starch granules start hydrating with the liquid and start swelling and thickening immediately upon being mixed into the liquid....which means it is sort of ideal for thickening COLD liquids! Pretty strange, Huh? Yep, I thought so too. So, I bought some to try it out....AND IT WORKS!! So, Where would you use this stuff?? Well, maybe a cold dessert like a strawberry pie with the pretty glaze stuff. Should be thick, but you don't want to cook it, right...There are plenty of other uses too. Think for a moment and I am certain you can come up with some of your own where it would be handy to thicken something without cooking it. There is another feature that differentiates it from the 'regular' CLEAR GEL as well. While the instant version (this one..) starts thickening immediately, it also WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN if you do decide to heat it or cook it, but only ONE TIME. This is important---You should only heat this product once. Exactly what happens if you re-heat it...I don't know. But the manufacturer (supplier..??) says to only heat it one time. So, you CAN use 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL to thicken pies and cobblers and compotes, as long as you only heat them ONE TIME. This means that it IS NOT useful for making home-canned pie fillings (because you have to heat..or cook these fillings several times (once in preparation, once after placing in jars, and at least once more when you bake the pie...right..??) So, no 'INSTANT' CLEAR JEL for home-canned pie fillings...or whatever.. Luckily, I know of a product that is perfect for that application as well....It's the 'regular' CLEAR JEL... Clear Jel, 1 lb. ...specially formulated to be cooked, and re-cooked, and re-heated, etc, etc. How do I know.....Yep, you guessed it! I bought some of it too!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ MUCH better than Corn Starch and LESS expensive!
*by C***9 on November 19, 2015*

I cannot say how sorry I am that after 45 years of pie making, that I only discovered Clear Jel® this year. I consider myself a good cook, and my pie-making skills top notch, but I've had my fair share of pies turn out soupy or way too stiff with whatever I chose to thicken the filling with - flour, cornstarch, tapioca flour, arrowroot and others. Sometimes the amount I used was too much, sometimes too little, and leftover pies would "weep" in the refrigerator. I've made a half-dozen pies now using Clear Jel® for the thickener and, honestly, it seems to be foolproof. The first time I used it I made a picture-perfect marionberry pie that tasted as good as it looked. The filling didn't budge an inch after cutting the pie - it was firm without being stiff, with a soft and smooth mouth feel. Most important, not a single drop of juice ran. With no watery juice, the crust did not turn into a layer of purple mush; instead it remained a distinctly separate layer of flakey goodness. The vacant spots left on the pie plate after removing some slices were bare and dry - just a few crumbs from the crust. Where in the world has this stuff been all my life? The "instant" variety of Clear Jel® thickens without cooking, but that's not to say you can't use it to thicken something that gets cooked, like a pie. The instant variety is great for making uncooked glazes for things like fresh strawberry pie, but when it's used to thicken a pie that is baked, it is designed for heating only one time (when it's baked), as it will start to break down with subsequent reheating (though I've taken the chill off a pie in the microwave oven with no problems at all). "Regular" Clear Jel® was developed for the commercial food industry to withstand the heat necessary to process products such as canned pie filling. The regular variety what you'd used for any home canning, or for cooking gravies, stews, etc. - things that you want to cook and reheat one or more times without liquid separation. The regular version achieves its thickening in the cooking process. Barry Farm Foods has some excellent, detailed information about Clear Jel® on their website - barryfarm(dot com) - where they provide equivalent measurements of Clear Jel® to exchange for other thickeners, and also explain the difference between the regular and instant varieties. King Arthur sells Clear Jel® in an 8-oz. package with their own label, and it's available on their website. I was able to find it at my local co-operative grocery store, but will get it here in the future, as it's a better deal.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good product.
*by T***S on January 17, 2015*

I have used it once, to thicken homemade soy yogurt, and it seems to be working well. It did not add any grit or distort the flavor. Good product.

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