Properties and uses of gellan gum

Gellan gum has a series of advantages, such as strong gel-forming ability, high transparent, acid-resisting. Gellan gum has a strong water retention at room temperature, it used as a food thickener, stabilizer, condensation agent, suspending agent, film former in the food field, it can give food a pleasant texture and taste. The widely used food additive gellan gum applies not only to the food industry, but it also applies to non-food industry, it is a versatile product.

When using in food industry, its high transparency meets the requirements to variety food on gel rubber high transparency. It has a good soluble with other ingredients. Because of good stability and security, it is essential raw materials of food additives. Gellan gum has moisturizing and preservation effect for cake and cheese. It also can be used in place of pectin to preparation jams and jellies, it can be used in pie filling of cakes and fruit, it can be combined with starch or partially replace the starch. Use in non-food industry, such as microbiological culture media, the slow release of the drug, toothpaste, etc.



Application in pet food, gellan gum is applied to pack gel pet foods to replace the traditional carrageenan-locust, bean gum, KCl gel in the pet food. Gellan gum can be used together with other food gums, for example, Gellan gum and guar gum and xanthan gum used together to control dehydration contractions, compounded with xanthan gum and locust bean gum to reduce brittleness. Gellan gum can replace approximately half of carrageenan mixtures of gel pet food.

Gellan gum does not have any side effects when eaten, it is consistent with international food standards. It can not only give food a good taste, but also make food aesthetic, it is an essential edible gelatine in the food production process. Gellan gum powder is beige, no special smell, good performance of a thermostable acid, insoluble in cold water, in the case of heating it can be dissolved into a transparent solution, its water solution is neutral. But the production of gellan gum is low, the energy used for aeration-agitation is high, purifying organic solvent consumption is large. Improve production technology and increase the production of gellan gum are good ways to meet the requirements of a wide range of uses. If you have interest to okchem, read more or follow us on our linkedin page, thanks!