Hydrocolloids
Cargill offers the market a wide range of hydrocolloids: alginates, biopolymers (xanthan gum and scleroglucan), carrageenans, galactomannans (LBG and guar gum) and pectins. These gums are used in all areas of the food industry and in a growing number of pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.
Hydrocolloids are polysaccharides of high molecular weight extracted from plants and algae or produced by microbial synthesis.
The polysaccharide industry started in the first decades of the 20th century. Since then, the knowledge of carbohydrates combined with the latest industrial techniques allowed the production of hydrocolloids with greater level of purity in consistent fashion, in line with the most demanding specifications of the national and international market.
Some Cargill products are only approved for use in certain geographies, end uses, and/or at certain usage levels. It is the customer's responsibility to determine, for a particular geography, that (i) the Cargill product, its use and usage levels, (ii) the customer's product and its use, and (iii) any claims made about the customer's product, all comply with applicable laws and regulations.
