Xanthan gum
Xanthan gum is an extracellular acidic heteropolysaccharide produced by the fermentation of xanthomonas campestris bacterium. It is widely used as a thickener and stabilizer in e.g. the food, mining and textile industries.
Details
Chemical Formula
C35H49O29
EC Number
234-394-2
CAS Number
11138-66-2
Industries
- Industry chemicals
- Home & Personal care
Applications
- Food additive
- Textile & Leather
- Personal care products
- Mining
Specification
- Description: Off-white or light yellow free flowing powder
- Assay: 91-108 %
- Particle Size (200Mesh): ≥92 %
- Viscosity (cps) 1% XG in 1% KCl solution: min 1300 mPa.s, max 1700 mPa.s
- Loss on Drying: max 13.0 %
- Shearing Ratio: min 6.5
- Ashes: max 13.0 %
- Total Nitrogen: max 1.5%
- Pyruvic acid: min 1.5 %
- pH (1% XG solution): 6.0-8.0
- Ethanol: max 500 ppm
- Total Plate Count: max 5000 cfu/g
- Total Heavy Metals (as Pb): max 20 ppm
- Pb: max 2.0 ppm
- As: max 2.0 ppm
- Hg: max 1.0 ppm
- Cd: max 1.0 ppm
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