Thickeners

THICKENERS
Thickeners
  • Guar Gum
  • Xanthan Gum
  • Gelatin
  • Antisol

Thickeners

An ingredient that increase the viscosity of food to create a stiffer or a denser food mixture.

Guar Gum

Guar Gum

In foods and beverages, guar gum is used as a thickening, stabilizing, suspending, and binding agent.

Xanthan Gum

Xanthan Gum

It is added to toothpaste and some other products to keep them uniformly thick. It is also used in industry, for example, helping to thicken drilling oil.

Gelatin

Gelatin

It’s commonly used to make capsules, cosmetics, ointments, and foods. Collagen is one of the materials that make up cartilage, bone, and skin.

Antisol

Antisol

Antisol is thicker

Sodium Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose(C.M.C)

Sodium Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose(C.M.C)

Unlike cellulose, it is water soluble and can function as a suspending agent, stabilizer, film former or thickening agent. CMC finds use in gluten-free baking by providing dough with viscosity and bread with volume much like gluten proteins do.

Pectin

Pectin

Pectin is often used to thicken syrups and make jams, jellies, and marmalades. The dairy industry stabilizes yogurt with pectin.

Glycerol Monosterate (G.M.S)

Glycerol Monosterate (G.M.S)

GMS is a food additive used as a thickening, emulsifying, anticaking, and preservative agent; an emulsifying agent for oils, waxes, and solvents and a protective coating for hygroscopic powders.