Zhejiang Zhongken Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech professional food hydrocolloids producing enterprise, it?s located in Tongxiang city, Zhejiang Province, the international metropolis of Shanghai is to our east, with the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the west, Shanghai-Hangzhou expressway running beside our company provides convenient communication system.
The leading products of our company are food additives?Gellan gum, Curdlan gum and high content pyruvic acid of Xanthan gum. We taking advanced equipments and technologies to produce high quality Gellan gum, curdlan gum and other microbiological polysaccharides. Our company has enough technical personnel, advanced product technique, perfect inspection equipments and serious technical system. Our company has established management and service system and obtained ISO9001:2000 and HACCP Certificates.
Since the founding of company, we always uphold the enterprising spirit of ?Cogency, Innovation, Harmony and Spurt ?on the road to steady development under the principle of making itself a public company responsible for and respected by the society and in accordance with the development strategy of ?Specialization, Famous brand creating, Standardization, Globalization? On the basis of mature corporate culture and firm faith, Our company shall be innovative and active to forge ahead and spare no efforts for revitalization of national economy.
Gellan gum (E418) is a bacterial exopolysaccharide, prepared commercially by aerobic submerged fermentation from Sphingomonas elodea (previously called Pseudomonas elodea), in a manner similar to xanthan. discovered in 1978,1988 Approved in Japan,1992 USA full approved.
Compared with other colloids, Gellan Gum has many peculiar advantages:
1. Low dosage;
2. Excellent thermal and acid stability;
3. Good taste-releasing ability;
4. High transparency;
5. Adjustable gel elasticity and rigidity;
6. Good combinability.
Gellan gum is widely used in foods and various other fields.
(1)Typical foods prepared using gellan gum: Gelled desserts, jam, jelly, pudding, confectionery, sugarcoating of confectionery, frost of cake, filling of cake or bread, and other foods, cakes, and pet foods.
(2) Other applications:
Microbiological media, capsules, perfumes, etc.