Product Description
Available in
- Ten pound packages
- Fifty pound packages
- Pallet size
- Full truck load
What Is Xanthan Gum?
So, what is xanthan gum? Though xanthan gum sounds like it was created in a science lab, it's an entirely natural product. Made from fermented corn sugar that has been broken down by a plant bacteria called Xanthomonas campestris, the remaining residue is then dried and turned into a powder known as the food additive xanthan gum.
Xanthan gum has become a vital ingredient in gluten free baking. It helps goods made from gluten-free flours like almond flour and buckwheat flour bind together and develops elasticity—a job commonly completed by gluten. For individuals with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, this ingredient plays a vital role in recreating traditionally gluten-full treats sans gluten. These binding properties create goods with similar textures that hold together during the baking process. Many gluten free recipes don't bind well without xanthan gum and result in baked goods that crumble. Xanthan gum recreates gluten's stickiness while ensuring that the recipe remains gluten free.
While xanthan gum powder is the most common gluten free binding agent, ingredients like agar agar, chia seeds and flaxseed meal may also be used in gluten free recipes to recreate the wheat-like texture that many gluten-free goods lack. In addition to gluten free baking, you can also use xanthan gum to thicken sauces, stews, soups, salad dressing and ice cream.
- Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide widely used for its unique ability to control the rheological properties of a wide range of food products. Xanthan gum dissolves readily in hot or cold water, provides uniform brine distribution, is stable in acidic and alkaline solutions and has synergistic interactions with other hydrocolloids such as locust bean gum and guar gum.
Xanthan gum creates a pleasant texture in foods and beverages. As an ingredient in beverages, xanthan gum can produce an increase in the viscosity of a liquid. In foods like dressings and sauces, xanthan gum helps to prevent oil separation by stabilizing the emulsion. Xanthan gum as an ingredient in ice cream and other frozen foods, produces desired texture.
Xanthan gum produced by Cargill Texturizing Solutions complies with all legal, religious and safety requirements, and can be supplied and certified free of any genetically modified organism (GMO).
Applications:
Bakery: Bakery & Pastry (bread type products, cake type products)
Beverages
Beverages - Alcoholic
Convenience Foods: Sauces and Dressings (emulsified sauces, tomato-based sauces, sauces with particles in suspension, dry mix sauces)
Dairy: Ice Creams and Dairy Products, Powder Products
Fruits & Vegetables: Fruit Preparations
Meat & Fish
