Granulierte Biopolymere als Lebensmittelzusatz

摘要

Use of biopolymer granules as food additives or animal feed additives for use in liq. foods or drinks in amts. of 0.01-3 wt.% is new, where the granules comprise 50-95 (pref. 75- 85) wt.% guar gum and 5-50 (pref. 15-25) wt.% xanthan gum. Also claimed is the use of granules as above where up to 90% of the guar gum and/or up to 90% of the xanthan gum may be replaced by locust-bean gum, tara gum, carrageenan, pectin, alginate or a food-grade thickening cellulose deriv.