Carrageenan
Key benefits of using Carrageenan include consumer friendly, plant based, and process tolerant.
Key functions and benefits:
- Maintains particle suspension
- Stabilises emulsions
- Prevents syneresis
- Melts quickly to create a creamy mouthfeel
- Creates a rich, spoon-able texture in reduced fat applications
Carrageenan is suitable for a range of applications including flans, mousses, canned foods (in combination with locust bean gum), cheeses, and flavoured milks.
Carrageenan’s are a family of natural polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. Carrageenan’s are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilising properties.
