Mar 9, 2019
It is an enteric coating agent derived from a natural resin lac, secreted by the tiny insect kerria lacca.
The quality and specification depend on the raw material as well as the process used for refining.
Shellac is a dewaxed and decolorized materials.
Application
Confectionery, food and fruit coating, taste masking.
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Locust Bean Gum is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob tree, mostly found in the Mediterranean region, also known as carob gum, a common substitute of Cocoa.
It is available in various viscosities.
Application
As thickening and gelling agent used in food industry to enhance gel properties, reduce syneresis, and improve freeze-thaw stability.
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Hydrocolloid from the milling of guar seeds, a tree typical of India and Pakistan, but also grown in China and Usa from july to december.
It is available in flakes and powder with different viscosity: 3500-5000 cps/ 200 mesh.
Application
In food as a thickener and binder of free water, in bakery and dairy products, ice cream, dressings and sauces, beverages, cosmetics and for pet food.
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A natural polysaccharide obtained from “Astragalus” plants, native to the South-East of Europe or the South-West of Asia.
It is available in flakes and powder, it is viscous, odourless, tasteless and insoluble in water.
Application
As thickener and emulsifier both in food and textile, chemical and pharma fields.
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Hydrocolloid obtained from the fermentation of the polysaccharide secreted by bacterium Xanthomonas Campestris.
It is available in food grade and other qualities: 80-200 mesh, with different viscosities: 1.200 and 1.600 cps.
Application
As stabilizer, thickener, emulsioner and suspending agent in food (bakery, fruit preparation), beverages, pharma and cosmetic industry, suitable for technical and high transparency application.
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Polysaccharide exuded from the Indian tree “Sterculia”.
It presents the same characteristics of gum tragacanth and has an excellent thickening function.
Application
It extends food conservation period preventing it from deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat going rancid and colour variation.
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Hydrocolloid obtained by separating and grinding seed from Tara tree (Caesalpinia spinosa), a leguminous tree native to South America (Peru, Bolivia) and Africa.
Application
As stabilizer, thickener, emulsifier, gelling agent, capsular and as a retention agent in ice creams, desserts, health and fruit preparation category; in pharma, cosmetic and animal feed industries.
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It is a natural resin obtained from the Dipterocarpaceae family of the trees in Indonesia, Malay and Siam.
It is readily soluble in spirits and gives very pale lms with high gloss, impermeable and excellent colour stability.
It is available in tears, fragments and powder.
Application
Used in lacquers to produce gloss and provide adhesive properties; as ingredient in ink, polish, varnishes; as a clouding or glazing agent in food; used in beverages and emulsions by improving freeze-thaw stability.
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It is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree known as Copernica Cerifera.
It is available in flakes and powder T1 and T3.
Application
Used to polish sugar almonds, to polish leather, oilskins and soaps, to harden candles, pencils and pastels manufacturing; premium quality waxes mainly used in cosmetics.
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It is extracted from the leaves of the perenial plant species “Stevia rebaudiana” growing in Brazil and Paraguay.
It contains no calories, lowers blood sugar levels and improves digestions, it is antibacterial and it can be used with high temperatures.
Application
As low-calories sweetener and sugar substitute (stevia powder sweetens about 100 times more than normal sugar); used in confectionery, food and beverages.
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