WHAT IS IT ?
- The word ‘hydrocolloids’ or water soluble gums means range
of polysaccharides and proteins that are widely used in a variety of
industrial sectors to perform a number of functions including
thickening and gelling aqueous solutions, stabilizing foams,
emulsions and dispersions, inhibiting ice and sugar crystal
formation and the controlled release of
flavors, and so on
USES ?
Food Industry
- Gelling fruit systems, stabilizing dressings and sauces , protein
stabilization in acidified dairy beverages, water binding in meat,
stabilizing ice cream .
- International organizations such as the FAO/WHO Codex
Alimentarius Commission
and the EU are seeking to harmonies regulations for the use of
hydrocolloids, but differences still exist. Consequently,
relevant legislation should be consulted before using hydrocolloids
in food products.
Personal Care
- Toothpaste, Dental fixatives
Pharmaceutical Industry
- Oral suspensions, emulsions and syrups Ophthalmic compositions ,
Sustained release tablets , Lotions and creams ,Ostomy and wound
care products, Tablet coatings ,Enteral / parenteral nutrition
,Infant formula ,Weight management , Anti-diarrhea preparations ,
wound dressing
Paper Industry
- used for paper & board coating, surface sizing
Oil & Gas Drilling
- Used as water based drilling muds
Textile Industry
- Warp sizing, use as a thickener in textile printing pastes with
reactive and disperse dyes
Ceramic Industry
- Used to improve plasticity and green strength in the bodies, as a
temporary binder in refractories, as a stabilizer, thickener and
binder in glazes
Detergents
- Functions as a soil-suspending
"anti-redeposition" agent in powder detergent formulas
Many other uses
- Use as a thickener in water-based emulsion paints, use as
wallpaper adhesives, proven to be an excellent binder and
thickener for various building products such as plasters and joint
compounds, Air freshener gels , Chalk and pencil lead
Auto polish , Coal briquettes ,Batteries , Electric cables Bricks ,
Leather substitute Carbon black slurries , Play dough , toys Carpet
backing compounds , Protein recovery for animal feed ,Cattle feed ,
Shoe polish
Markets
- There are many market development initiatives taking place in
India & other countries.
- Market Survey Reports by Reputed Consultancy companies are
available but are expensive
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Contents
About Hydrocolloids
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About hydrocolloids
- Food hydrocolloids
- Industrial
polysaccharides
- Sugars and Polysaccharides
Products , Properties & Uses
- Agar Agar
- Alginates
- Bacterial cellulose
- Biopolymer
- Carrageenan
- Carrageenan ( semi refined)
- Cellulosics
- Cellulose
- Cereal glucans
- Chitosan
- Curdlan
- Frutafit Inulin
- Galactomannans
- Gelatin
- Gellan gum
- Gum Arabic
- Konjac mannan
- Microcrystalline cellulose
- Milk proteins
- Pectins
- Soybean polysaccharide
- Soya
bean-nodulating bacterium
- Starch
- Polysaccharides in
Starch
- Tragacanth and karaya
- Xanthan gum
- Xyloglucan
Applications
- Gum Coating
- Water-soluble Gums in Cosmetics
and other
Personal Care Products
- Hydrocolloid Dressings
- Wound Management
- Odour-absorbing
Pressure-sensitive Adhesives for Medical Applications
- BMC Dermatology
- Edible Coating
Development
- Development and Effectiveness of Three Hydrocolloid-Lipid Emulsion
Coatings on
Preservation of Quality Characteristics in Green Bell Peppers
- Innovative
Drug-Delivery Technologies
for Oral Modified-Release Products
Companies in the Field
- Sample List of top technology companies
Markets
-
Guar seed &
Guar gum Market
- Alginate
- Hydrocolloid
sponges
- Emulsifiers Product
Development
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