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Carrageenan
(
) is a highly versatile ingredient that delivers significant consumer,
manufacturing and technical benefits in Food, Dairy, Air Freshener,
Oral, Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and other industrial
and consumer product applications.
It is a hydrocolloid
extracted from red seaweeds. Carrageenan is a linear polysaccharide
made up of repeating galactose units and 3,6 anhydrogalactose (3,6,
AG) both sulfated and non-sulfated, joined by alternating 1-3, beta
1-4 glycosidic linkages.
TYPES OF CARRAGEENAN:
All of which are produced by Shemberg:
- Kappa - forms rigid, thermally
reversible, high strength gels e.g. dessert gels, petfood gels,
air freshener gels
- Kappa 2- forms weak gels, highly
milk reactive e.g. UHT chocolate milk
- Iota - forms elastic, thermally
reversible gels and thixotropic dispersions e.g. toothpastes,
burger patties, soft jellies
- Lambda - non-gelling, high viscosity
and cold-soluble e.g. instant whipped creams, milk shakes
USES & PROPERTIES
- Processed Meat, Poultry & Seafood
- Water binding, increased product yields, improved texture, fat
replacement, meat/seafood analog binding, tolerant to high levels
of salt.
- Dairy (Chocolate Milk, Frozen Desserts,
UHT Milks, Flans, Puddings, Low Fat Cheese, Cheese Analogs) -
Provides cocoa suspension, milk stability, emulsion stability,
milk gelling.
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Cold Milk Powders (Diet powder
mixes, Nutritional beverage mixes) - Provides body and mouthfeel,
suspends solids.
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Water gel Desserts - Provides
wide range of textures and flavor release, all without the need
for refrigeration.
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Toothpaste - Provides structure
without masking flavors, resistant to enzymatic breakdown.
- Pharmaceutical -- provides animal-free
capsules (soft and hard).
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Petfoods - Binds water, provides
structure and prevents fat separation in canned retorted products,
excellent binding.
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Air Freshener Gels - Provides
structure and controlled release of active ingredients such
as per fume in a water gel base.
- Beer Fining -- acts as a process
aid in beer manufacture to produce good clarity.
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