Product Specification

Xanthan Gum
It is a thickeners, viscosifying agent with super suspension powder used as preservative stabilizer in water based and dry powder formulations. Xanthan Gum is used in a large number of applications as a suspending agent and emulsion stabilizer for sauces and dressings a foam enhancer in some dairy desserts and in bakery and pastry as an improver of doughs volume.

Xanthan Gum (FCC IV)

Product Name

Xanthan Gum

CAS Nº

11138-66-2

Specifications

Appearance 


Free flowing powder

Colour


White to cream

Odour


Feeble no disagreeable

Viscosity, m Pa.s 

1%Xanthan gum in 1% KCL Brookfield, LVTD, Spindle 3, 60rpm, 25D.C

1200-1800

Pyruvic acid, %


1.05

Assay(on dry basic), %


91-108.0%

V1:V2


1.02-1.45

PH

Of 1% Sol., in water

6.0-8.0

Loss on drying , %


6.0 to 12.0

Ash, % 


13 Max.

Nitrogen, %


1.5 Max.

Heavy metals (as lead)


20 ppm Max.

Lead


2 ppm Max.

Arsenic


2 ppm Max.

Particle size (80 mesh)


Min. 100 %

Particle size (200mesh)


Min. 90 %

Total plate count


2000/cfu/g.

Yeasts and moulds


100cfu/g.

Pathogens germs


Absence

S. aureus


Negative

Pseudomonas aeruginosa


Negative

Salmonella sp.


Negative

C. perfringens


Negative

Packing : 25kg Cartoon / Fibre Drum.