What Is The Role Of Thickeners?

Also known as gelling agent, it is a substance that can increase the viscosity of latex and liquid. It is also called paste when used in food. Thickeners can increase the viscosity of the system, keep the system in a uniform and stable suspension or turbid state, or form a gel; most of the thickeners also have an emulsifying effect.

It can be divided into two categories: natural and synthetic. Most natural products are made from plants and seaweeds containing polysaccharide viscous substances, such as agar, gelatin, etc.; synthetic products include carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.

What Are The Types Of Thickeners？

Xanthan Gum

1.Chemical name：Xanthan gum

2. Alias: Xanthan

3.CAS：11138-66-2

4.chemical formula: (C35H49O29)n

5.light yellow to white flowable powder

6. Xanthan gum is added to many foods as stabilizer, emulsifier, suspending agent, thickener and processing assistant. Xanthan gum is widely used in salad dressing, bread, dairy products, frozen food, beverage, condiment, brewing, candy, pastry, soup and canned food because it can control the rheological property, structure, flavor and appearance of products, and its pseudoplasticity can guarantee good taste

Item	Specification
Appearance	Off-white or yellowish powder
Particle size	99% through 80 mesh or 92% through 200 mesh
Viscosity	≥600
Shearing property	≥6.5
Moisture	≤15%
Ash	≤16
Total nitrogen	≤1.5%
Pyruvic acid	≥1.5%
Lead	≤2ppm
Total plate count	≤5000cfu/g
Yeast	≤500cfu/g
E.coli	≤30cfu/g
Salmonella	Negtive

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose

1.Chemical name：Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose

2. Alias: CMC,CMC-Na

3.CAS：NO: 9004-32-4

4.chemical formula: [C6H7O2(OH)2CH2COONa]n

5. Appearance: White powder

6. Application：Can be used as tablet binder, coating agent, thickening agent

Specification	Test method: Viscosity measured on basis of 1% water solution,at 25Deg C , Brookfield Viscometer LVDV-I+ Type, # 3spindle,30rpm.
	D.S	0.7-0.9
	PH	6.5-8.5
	Purity,%	99.5%min
	Loss on drying	≤10.0%
	total plate count	Min 95% though 80 mesh
	Lead,ppm	3max
	Arsenic	3max
	Chloride	≤1.0%
	Heavy metals	≤10ppm
	Organic volatile impurities	Complies
	Assay(Na)	6.5-9.5%
	Total plate count	1000/g max
	Yeast and Moulds	100/g max
	Coliform bacteria	Nil/g
	Salmonella	Nil/g
Aplication	Can be used as tablet binder, coating agent, thickening agent
Storage	It should be stored in day and cool place, keep from sunshine and mix storage.
Package	25kg/bag G.W. 25.2kg 25kg/drum G.W.27.5kg For 20GP it can only contains 14 tons with pallet.
Standard	It comply with USP42

Agar Agar

1.Chemical name：Agar agar

2. Alias: agar

3.CAS：9002-18-0

4.chemical formula: （C12H18O9)n

5. Character; Pale yellow powder

6.usages : Agar is a polysaccharide extracted from seaweed, which is one of the most widely used seaweed gels in the world.

7. packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as liner and a compound plastic woven bag as theouter layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.

	Items	Standards
Exterior	Appearance	Milky or yellowish fine powder
Weekly intensity	Gel Strength (1.5%,20℃)	700,800,900,1000,1100,1200,1250 g/CM2
Total ash	Total Ash	≤5%
Drying loss	Loss On Drying	≤12%
Water absorption capacity	Ability of absorbing water	≤75ml
Ignition residue	Residue on Ignition	≤5%
lead	Lead	≤5ppm
Potassium	Arsenic	≤1ppm
Heavy metal	Heavy Metals(Pb)	≤10ppm
Total number of boards	Total Plate Count	<10000cfu/g
salmonella	Salmonella	Absent in 25g
Escherichia coli	E.Coli	<3 cfu/g
Yeasts and molds	Yeast and Moulds	<500 cfu/g
granularity	Particle Size	100% through 80mesh

Sodium Alginate

1.Chemical name：Sodium alginate

2. Alias: Sodium alginate

3.CAS：9005-38-3

4.Chemical formula: C6H9NaO7

5. Character; Light Brownish/White

6.usages : Sodium alginate is a natural polysaccharide carbohydrate extracted from kelp. It is widely used in food, medicine, textile, printing and dyeing, papermaking, daily chemical products and other products, as thickener, emulsifier, stabilizer, adhesive, sizing agent, etc.

7. packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as liner and a compound plastic woven bag as theouter layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.

Product name	industrial grade sodium alginate
Colour	Light Brownish
Viscosity (mpa.s)	According to contract
Moisture %	≤12
PH	7.0~8.0
Calcium %	≤0.015
Mesh	30-200 mesh
PVI	0.78-0.95
Suction filtration	32im/0.8bar > 120g

Application Of Thickeners

Agar Agar

Thickeners are widely used in food, such as sauces, jams, ice creams, cans, etc.

which can increase food viscosity or form gels, cosmetics, detergents, latex, printing and dyeing, medicine, rubber, coatings, etc.

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