What is Welan Gum?

• Production: Fermentation.

• The welan molecule consists of repeating tetrasaccharide units.

• Each carrying a single sugar branch of either L-mannose or L-rhamnose.

Main properties

• Anionic polysaccharide.

• Excellent thermal stability.

• Highly pseudoplastic solutions.

• Retention of viscosity at elevated temperatures.

• Stable over a wide range of pH and temperature.

• Compatible with high calcium environments.

• Stabilizes suspensions, emulsions und foams.

• Stable in solutions containing high levels of glycols.