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CAS NUMBER: 11138-66-2
EC NUMBER: 234-394-2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 241.115
DESCRIPTION:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum provides low viscosities at high shear rates to give good flow properties when poured or pumped.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum imparts excellent stability to oil-in-water emulsions by preventing the oil droplets from coalescing.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also stable across a wide pH range allowing its use in a broad array of industrial formulations.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is an industrial grade of xanthan gum that can be dispersed in water easily.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum's applications typically include household, institutional and industrial cleaners, jet printing of carpets, textured coatings, pesticide suspension concentrates, pigment and mineral suspensions, and silicone emulsions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum acts as a hydrophilic colloid to thicken, suspend and stabilize water-based systems.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum has a high molecular weight, anionic polysaccharide produced in a pure culture fermentation process.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by a fermentation process.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum's pseudoplastic flow behavior provides high viscosities at low shear rates to improve suspension and emulsion stabilization.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum possesses high viscosity at low concentrations, extreme pseudoplasticity (high viscosity under low shear, but low viscosity under high shear) and very good long-term temperature stability.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum exhibits shear stability, very good long-term pH stability, efficiency in suspension (use level generally below 0.5%-often below 0.3%) and compatibility with high salt concentrations.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used in water-based undercoats, primers and sealers, textured paints, foundry coatings.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide and is mainly used to thicken and stabilize emulsions, foams and suspensions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by a fermentation process and is identical to the naturally occurring polysaccharide by xanthomonas campestris in composition and structure.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is characterized by its pseudoplasticity.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum provides high viscosity at low shear and a good flow behavior under shear stress at the same time for example at pumping or pouring even at low concentrations.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum cover a wide range of possible applications in the industrial and consumer fields.
In food applications the ingredient is known as E415.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is particularly funtional in compositions with high salt contents, low pH value and/or high dry matter.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is an industrial grade of xanthan gum with altered rheology.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is an industrial grade xanthan gum product used to maintain viscosity in transparent acidic environments.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is compatible with high concentrations of electrolytes, salts, anionic surfactants and is stable under high flow conditions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a high molecular weight, anionic polysaccharide produced in a pure culture fermentation process using the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Kelzan Xanthan Gums are highly pseudoplastic, or shear thinning.
Kelzan Xanthan Gums are nature-based, water-soluble biopolymers used in household cleaners as specialty thickeners and stabilizing agents.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is one of the popular food additives and ingredients in most countries, it was used in the industry for medical, cosmetics, toothpaste, shrimp feed, petroleum, tobacco, printing and dyeing, ceramics, pesticides, plastic explosives, water-soluble paint.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is made from a bacteria found on the leaf surfaces of green vegetables, including broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, rutabaga and turnip.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum stabilizes and thickens foods to provide the right texture and flavor delivery.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum was first discovered in the early 1960s, and was approved for use in foods in 1969.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used in many gluten-free foods to create the texture and suspension that gluten often provides.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum provides thickening and suspension. For example, in a salad dressing that contains spices, xanthan gum helps to suspend the spices as well as maintain a smooth and consistent texture.
Kelzan Xanthan Gums can be used to modify the texture of industrial products and to stabilize suspensions, oil-in-water emulsions and foams against separation.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a high molecular weight, anionic polysaccharide produced in a pure culture fermentation process.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum functions as a hydrophilic colloid to thicken, suspend and stabilize water-based systems.
Kelzan Xanthan Gums are highly pseudoplastic, or shear thinning.
At rest, solutions are viscous; however, when mixed, pumped, sprayed or poured, the solution is thin.
Once the force is removed, the solution regains its initial viscosity almost immediately.
Kelzan Xanthan Gums have outstanding stability with respect to pH, salt, or heat, and excellent compatibility with other ingredients.
All are readily soluble in both hot and cold water systems.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is especially useful in systems involving suspensions.
Formulators can choose from a family of Kelzan Xanthan Gum products designed to meet specific needs and processing conditions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide with many industrial uses, including as a common food additive.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is an effective thickening agent, emulsifier, and stabilizer that prevents ingredients from separating.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be produced from simple sugars using a fermentation process and derives its name from the species of bacteria used
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used for diabetes, constipation, dry eye, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support most of these uses.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in foods, toothpastes, and medicines.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is available in Food Grade and Laboratory grade.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum increases the viscosity of liquids and can be used to help stabilize oil and water mixtures and keep particles suspended.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is perfect for thickening, shampoos, liquid soaps, and body washes.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by biotechnological processes.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide secreted by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris used as a food additive and rheology modifier.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can produce a large increase in the viscosity of a liquid by adding a very small quantity(one percent) of gum.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is most often found in salad dressings and sauces.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum helps to prevent oil separation by stabilizing the emulsion, although it is not an emulsifier.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to prepare water gels usually in conjunction with bentonite clays, and used in oil-in-water emulsions to help stabilise the oil droplets against coalescence.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also used in frozen foods and beverages, xanthan gum helps create the pleasant texture in many ice creams, along with guar gum and locust bean gum.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum also helps thicken commercial egg substitutes made from egg whites to replace the fat and emulsifiers found in yolks.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to prepare water gels usually in conjunction with bentonite clays.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum often is used in conjunction with other thickening agents to improve the stability and texture of food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum thickens without the application of heat, which distinguishes it from certain other thickening agents, such as cornstarch and gelatin.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum also retains its thickening properties when cooled, and it is tasteless.
The application of Kelzan Xanthan Gum as a gelling agent can be seen in jams and jellies.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also common in dairy products and ice cream, where it contributes to texture, creating a smooth and creamy mouthfeel by helping to inhibit the formation of water crystals.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum often is used as an ingredient in gluten-free food products, where it acts as an emulsifier and a binder to replicate the lift, tenderness, and elasticity of gluten in doughs.
Because Kelzan Xanthan Gum attracts water, it also helps baked goods retain moisture.
Other applications of Kelzan Xanthan Gum include use as a suspension agent in certain medications, such as antibiotics, to ensure proper dosing.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also found in personal care products, such as makeup, lotions, and shampoos.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is slowly replacing carboxymethyl cellulose as a more affordable primary hydrocolloid in toothpaste, where it provides consistency so that the gel can be squeezed from the tube in a solid strand; it also enables the gel to cling to the toothbrush while being spread on teeth.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is added to mud during the hydraulic fracturing process.
When added to drilling mud, because of its thickening properties, Kelzan Xanthan Gum facilitates the movement of drill cuttings—pieces of rocks and other solid materials that are removed from boreholes when drilling wells—up to the surface for disposal.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also used in some industrial products, including use as a glue in wallpaper paste and as a stabilizer in paint.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum or Corn sugar gum is a polysaccharide used as a common food additive and its chemical formula is C36H58O29P2.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide widely used for its unique ability to control the rheological properties of a wide range of food products.
Kelzan 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.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum from Jungbunzlauer is a unique hydrocolloid with exceptional rheological behaviour produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a creamy white powder that dissolves readily in hot or cold water to form highly viscous, colloidal solutions, suspensions or gels at low concentrations.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries as an additive and as an anti-settling agent.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is extremely stable over a wide range of pH’s and can also be found in some personal care products such as creams, lotions, and gels.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a popular food additive that works as a thickener and stabilizer.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a sugar-like compound made by mixing aged (fermented) sugars with a certain kind of bacteria.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to make medicine.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also used as a laxative.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is sometimes used as a saliva substitute in people with dry mouth.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in foods, toothpastes, and medicines.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also an ingredient in some sustained-release pills.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide used as a food additive and rheology modifier.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by a process involving fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is widely used for its thickening and stabilizing effect on emulsions and suspensions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum forms a gel structure in water which is shear thinning and may be used in combination with other rheology modifiers, particularly Guar gum as the two combine to give greatly increased effects.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a long chain polysaccharide, which is made by mixing fermented sugars with a certain kind of bacteria.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is mainly used to thicken and stabilize emulsions, foams, and suspensions.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is widely used as a food additive to control the rheological properties of a wide range of food products.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in toothpastes and medicines.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to make medicine for lowering blood sugar and total cholesterol in people with diabetes.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used as a laxative.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is a gum obtained by microbial fermentation from the xanthomonas campestris organism.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is very stable to viscosity change over varying temperatures, ph, and salt concentrations.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also very pseudoplastic which results in a decrease in viscosity with increasing shear.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum reacts synergistically with guar gum and tara gum to provide an increase in viscosity and with carob gum to provide an increase in viscosity or gel formation.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used in salad dressings, sauces, desserts, baked goods, and beverages at 0.05–0.50%.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also used as a thickening and emulsifying agent.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is nontoxic, compatible with most other pharmaceutical ingredients, and has good stability and viscosity properties over a wide pH and temperature range.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum gels show pseudoplastic behavior, the shear thinning being directly proportional to the shear rate.
APPLICATION:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can produce a significant increase in the viscosity of a liquid.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is common in salad dressings and sauces.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum helps to prevent oil separation by stabilizing the emulsion, although it is not an emulsifier.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum also helps suspend solid particles, such as spices.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum helps create the desired texture in many ice creams.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum also helps thicken commercial egg substitutes made from egg whites, to replace the fat and emulsifiers found in yolks.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also a preferred method of thickening liquids for those with swallowing disorders, since it does not change the color or flavor of foods or beverages at typical use levels.
In gluten-free baking, Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to give the dough or batter the stickiness that would otherwise be achieved with gluten.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used at concentrations of 0.5% or less.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used in a wide range of food products, such as sauces, dressings, meat and poultry products, bakery products, confectionery products, everages, dairy products, others.
In the oil industry, Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used in large quantities to thicken drilling mud.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum provides great "low end" rheology.
The widespread use of horizontal drilling and the demand for good control of drilled solids has led to its expanded use.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum has been added to concrete poured underwater, to increase its viscosity and prevent washout.
In cosmetics, Kelzan Xanthan Gum is used to prepare water gels.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is also used in oil-in-water emulsions to enhance droplet coalescence.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is under preliminary research for its potential uses in tissue engineering to construct hydrogels and scaffolds supporting three-dimensional tissue formation.
The viscosity of Kelzan Xanthan Gum solutions decreases with higher shear rates.
This is called shear thinning or pseudoplasticity.
In salad dressing, the addition of xanthan gum makes Kelzan Xanthan Gum thick enough at rest in the bottle to keep the mixture fairly homogeneous, but the shear forces generated by shaking and pouring thins it, so it can be easily poured.
When Kelzan Xanthan Gum exits the bottle, the shear forces are removed and it thickens again, so it clings to the salad.
The greater the ratio of Kelzan Xanthan Gum added to a liquid, the thicker the liquid will become.
An emulsion can be formed with as little as 0.1% (by weight).
Increasing the amount of Kelzan Xanthan Gum gives a thicker, more stable emulsion up to 1% xanthan gum.
A teaspoon of Kelzan Xanthan Gum weighs about 2.5 grams and brings one cup (250 ml) of water to a 1% concentration.
To make a foam, 0.2–0.8% Kelzan Xanthan Gum is typically used.
Larger amounts result in larger bubbles and denser foam.
Egg white powder (0.2–2.0%) with 0.1–0.4% Kelzan Xanthan Gum yields bubbles similar to soap bubbles.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced by the fermentation of glucose and sucrose.
The medium is well-aerated and stirred, and the Kelzan Xanthan Gum is produced extracellularly into the medium.
After one to four days, the polymer is precipitated from the medium by the addition of isopropyl alcohol, and the precipitate is dried and milled to give a powder that is readily soluble in water or brine.
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is composed of pentasaccharide repeat units, comprising glucose, mannose, and glucuronic acid in the molar ratio 2:2:1.
This can produce 30 g/L of Kelzan Xanthan Gum for every 40 g/L of whey powder.
Whey-derived Kelzan Xanthan Gum is commonly used in many commercial products, such as shampoos and salad dressings.
-Agrochemicals
-Foaming Cleaners
-Liquid Cleaners
-Oilfield Drilling
-Paints
FEATURES:
-Stability in both acidic and alkaline solutions
-Compatible and stable in solutions with high levels of salts
-Compatible with high concentrations of alkali
-Compatible with high concentrations of electrolytes, eg salts, anionic surfactants
-Controls the flow of liquids on vertical and inclined surfaces
-Produces smoother flowing liquids than conventional xanthan gum would
-Ensures products are free-flowing throughout their shelf-life
APPLICATION:
-For industrial use only, not for food or food contact use
-Silicate paints
-Oven cleaners
PROPERTIES:
-Non-lumping when added to water
-High solution viscosity under low-shear conditions
-Low solution viscosity under high-shear conditions
-Non-thixotropic
-Compatible with high concentrations of electrolytes, eg salts, anionic surfactants
-Stable over a wide pH range
-Stable to high-shear processes
-Can be dissolved easily, even using relatively low speed stirrers
-Controls the flow of liquids on vertical and inclined surfaces
-Prevents phase separation in suspensions and emulsions
-Ensures products are free-flowing throughout their shelf-life
-Enhances the stability of foams
USES:
-Household, institutional and industrial cleaners
-Jet printing of carpets
-Textured coatings
-Pesticide suspension concentrates
-Pigment and mineral suspensions
-Silicone emulsions
USAGE AREAS:
-In Food Production:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used as a stabiliser, emulsifier, thickener, suspending agent and bodying agent in food applications such as salad dressings, sauces, instant products, desserts, bakery dairy products, and fruit juices as well as in the formation of various low-calorie foods.
-In Beverage:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used as thickener and emulsifier in beverage.
-In Pharmaceutical:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used as thickener and texture stabilizer in Pharmaceutical.
-In Cosmetics:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used in cosmetics products like in tooth pastes, lotions, shampoos and formulations such as tablets.
-In Agriculture/Animal Feed-
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used as texture stabilizer and gelling agent in Agriculture/Animal Feed.
-In Other Industries:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum can be used as cleaners, paints, ceramic glazes, inks and oil drilling fluids.
ATTRIBUTES:
-Molecular Weight： 241.115
-Exact Mass： 240.043228
-EC Number： 234-394-2
-UNII： Z5Y843J6KQ
-DSSTox ID： DTXSID3070462
USES:
-foods
-pharmaceuticals
-cosmetics as viscosity controlling agent、stabilizer and thickening agent
-rheology control in water-based systems
-In oil and gas drilling and completion fluids
PROPERTIES:
-Molecular Weight: 241.11
-Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 5
-Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 4
-Rotatable Bond Count: 3
-Exact Mass: 240.0432331
-Monoisotopic Mass: 240.0432331
-Topological Polar Surface Area: 81.5
-Heavy Atom Count: 14
-Complexity: 132
-Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 3
-Compound Is Canonicalized: Yes
BENEFITS:
-High viscosity at low concentrations
-Extreme pseudoplasticity (high viscosity under low shear, but low viscosity under high shear)
-Very good long-term temperature stability
-Shear stability
-Very good long-term pH stability
-Efficiency in suspension (use level generally below 0.5% – often below 0.3%)
-Compatibility with high salt concentrations
APPLICATION:
Household Products:
-Liquid detergents
-toilet bowl cleaners
-hard surface cleaners
-oven cleaners
-abrasive cleaners
-polishes
Mineral Suspensions:
-Talc suspensions
-calcium carbonate and kaolin slurries
Agricultural Suspensions:
-Flowable pesticides
-herbicide
-fungicide
-insecticide suspension concentrates
Paints and Coatings:
-Water-based undercoats
-primers and sealers
-textured paints
-foundry coatings
PREPARATION:
Kelzan Xanthan Gum is prepared by inoculating a sterile aqueous solution of carbohydrate(s), a source of nitrogen, dipotassium phosphate, and some trace elements.
The medium is well-aerated and stirred, and the polymer is produced extracellularly into the medium.
The final concentration of Kelzan Xanthan Gum produced will vary greatly depending on the method of production, strain of bacteria, and random variation.
After fermentation that can vary in time from one to four days, the polymer is precipitated from the medium by the addition of isopropyl alcohol, and the precipitate is dried and milled to give a powder that is readily soluble in water or brine.
USES:
-Use as a bulk-forming laxative to treat constipation.
-Lowering blood sugar in people with diabetes.
-Lowering cholesterol levels in people with diabetes.
-Use as a saliva substitute for dry mouth.
COSMETIC USES:
-binding agents
-emulsion stabilisers
-gel forming agents
-skin conditioning
-surfactants
-surfactant-emulsifying
-viscosity controlling agents
ADVANTAGES:
-Maximized yield/functionality allows products to be formulated with reduced gum content, cutting raw material costs.
-Agglomerate-free mix.
-Operator error is effectively eliminated.
-Rapid mixing times.
-Consistent product quality and repeatability.
-Premixing of gum with powders or non-aqueous phase is not required.
STORAGE:
-Store away from incompatible materials
-Keep in a dry place
SYNONYM:
Xanthan gum
Kelzan
Xanthan
Xanthomonas gum
Kelzan XC
Polysaccharide B 1459
Biopolymer XB 23
B 1459
XB 23Kelzan M
Kelzan MF
Keltrol
Biopolymer 9702
Xanflood
Xanthan biopolymer
WT 5100
Rhodopol 23
Kelflo
Galaxy XB
Biozan R
Flocon 1035
Flocon 4800
Kelzan ZN 4471116
Kelzan D
Keltrol F
Actigum CX 9
Enorflo X
K 9C57
Ekogum ketorol
Rhodopol 50MD
Rhodoflood XR 75
Flodrill S
Shellflo XA 140
Rhodopol 23U
Neosoft XO
Flocon 4800C
Shellflo XA
Kelzan XCD
Kelzan SS 4000
Rhodigel 23
K 5C151
Kelzan AR
Keltrol T
Xanvis
Rhodigel
Statoil XC 44F4
Bistop
Keltrol TF
Gums,xanthomonas
Echogum T
Monategum GS
Kelzan F
XC 85II-F4
Keltrol RD
Rheoflow CD 1
Rheoflow CD
Rhodopol XGD
San Ace BS
San Ace
Kelzan T
Rhodopol 23P
Idvis
Rhodopol R 23
Echogum
Keltrol TF 1000
Echogum F
Chemicogel
Kelzan S
Satiaxane CX 90
San Ace C
Rhodopol T
Kelzan 140X
Echogum SF
Echogum RD
Keltrol SF
Neosoft XKK
XG 550
Rhodicare T
Xantural 180
N-VIS
Keltrol CG
Kelco BT
Rhodigel 200
Soaxan XG 550
Jungbunzlauer ST
ADM 40
Bisfect XA 200
Nomcort Z
VIS TOP D 3000
Kelzan ASX
Monat Gum DA
VS 900
Neosoft XC
Rhodigel Ultra
Ultra Xanthan
Rhodigel 80
