Carrageenan
Key Benefits of using Carrageenan include consumer friendly, plant based and process tolerant.
Key functions and benefits:
- Maintains particle suspension
- Stabilises emulsions
- Prevents syneresis
- Melts quickly to create a creamy mouthfeel
- Creates a rich, spoon-able texture in reduced fat applications
Carrageenan is suitable for a range of applications including flans, mousses, canned foods (in combination with locust bean gum) and flavoured milks.
Our Product Range:
- Lambda Carrageenan – odourless, tasteless, stable in a neutral or alkali medium, thickening ability.
- Iota Carrageenan – low gel strength 6-20gf, odourless, tasteless, highly elastic clear water gels, thickening ability, stable in a neutral or alkali medium.
- Kappa Carrageenan – high gel strength, odourless, tasteless, gelling agent, stabiliser, thickener, high degree of clarity to solutions
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