Gums help product formulators meet consumer expectations. Gums enhance cloud stability and help assure pulp and other materials will remain in suspension. However, the levels of gums that often must be used to achieve stability come at a “sensory” cost, since they may impart high viscosity and a heavy mouthfeel.
In response to this, CP Kelco (San Diego) has introduced KELCOGEL[tm] PS, a new hydrocolloid blend designed with a principal component of KELCOGEL[r] gellan gum. KELCOGEL PS gellan gum blend forms “fluid gels” or a structured network formed at very low hydrocolloid concentrations. The concentration is too low to create a demoldable gel, but the gellan gum system still forms a weak network.