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Weak Ca++ Reaction Gellan Gum LAG

Low Kations Reaction Ability Gellan Gum Available Low Acyl Gellan Gum is quite sensative to Kations like Calcium, so the appearance of Kations like Ca would cause a serious problem for gellan gum dissolving in water, leading to a weaker or failed application trial. Problem above stopped Low Acyl Gellan Gum from being marketed fast and being not able to replace [...]

Gellan Gum Price Prediction

Gellan Gum Price Prediction of 2021 Edited by OPAL Biotech COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, caused rough change for global supplying chain, especially for food and medical industry. Could see a phenomenon that the whole worlds is buying bloomingly from China. While we didn’t see a very obviously price increasing for gellan gum on the year of 2019. On the one hand, [...]

Why do we prefer to Pea Based Gellan Gum?

By using Pea Protein as feeder culture source instead of Soya Protein, the biggest advantage and benefit is to avoid Soya Allergen Residual and cross contamination of Soya Allergen. The quality of gellan gum produced by Pea Protein or Soya Protein keeps the same.

Why we call Gellan Gum with “Gum”?

Gellan Gum is white powder derived from corn/maize. Gellan gum is formed by linking many individual sugar units into larger particles.  Nutritionally, gellan gum is considered a soluble fibre in both the US and EU. It’s produced in sterile tanks under careful process control. Nutrients, including sugars, proteins and trace minerals are combined, then fermented to produce gellan gum. The term “gum” [...]

Why Fruit Pulps Cann’t Suspend ?

If gellan gum was applied for suspending fruit pulps in beverages, but the fruit pulps didn’t float, the operator should check the ingredients list, whether there’s kations or salts applied ? We know the suspending powder of gellan gum could only be released with help fo kations such as Ca and Mg.etc.

Vitro Tissue Cultures Excellent Gelling Agent: OPAL Gellan Gum LAG-P

Vitro Tissue Cultures Excellent Gelling Agent: OPAL Gellan Gum LAG-P LAG-P type gellan gum is our new type gellan gum specially for plant growth. We have familiar characteristics with Phytagel and Gelrite. With more than 1year’s verification in lab. We decided to launch this new type gellan gum and it would be for sure a better option for labs of plants [...]

How To Use Gellan Gum in Noodles ?

Gellan Gum LAG is wildely applied in Chinese Style Noodles and Buckwheat Noodles. If gellan gum is applied to Chinese noodles, buckwheat noodles, or other flour products, it can enhance the noodle’s hardness, elasticity, viscosity, and improve the taste, inhibit the swelling in hot water, reduce crack and soup turbidity. Use amount of gellan gum is 0.1-0.3% to wheat flour.In [...]

Gellan Gum for Rice Wine / Mirin : Succeed

Date:MAY.25,2018 BY: OPALBIO Gellan Gum LAS is a kind of low acyl gellan gum.It is perfect suspending agent for beverages. Due to its excellent fluid gel properties, it will keep natural or man-made cubes or insoluble particles suspending in beverages. Rice Wine / Mirin is a popular beverage both in China and Japan. Usually, if there isn’t suitable stabilizing to keep the [...]

What is Low Acyl Gellan Gum?

Low acyl gellan is a carbohydrate secreted by a bacterium (Sphingomonas elodea) that, when in the presence of salts or acid, forms very clear, clean, and brittle gels. Alternative Names : E418 LA Culinary Uses Use to stabilize emulsifications or foams, thicken, or gel. Preparation Tips Presence of sodium and in particular calcium inhibits proper hydration. Addition of a sequestrant such as sodium citrate [...]

Pea Protein Based Gellan Gum Available

Our scientists are focusing on producing gellan gum with other feeder culture instead of Soy Protein and now we successfully make it true with Pea Protein.