Videos in the Basics of Food Gums Series
- Introduction (video runtime 2:27)
- Gum Arabic: Tree Saps & Plant Exudates (video runtime 3:07)
- Guar Gum: Seed Gums (video runtime 3:37)
- Carrageenan, Agar, & Alginate: Seaweed Extracts (video runtime 3:10)
- Konjac & Inulin: Root Gums (video runtime 3:07)
- Xanthan Gum & Gellan Gum: Fermentation Gums (video runtime 3:30)
- Cellulose & Pectin: Plant Derivatives (this video, runtime 3:22)
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Transcript
In this episode, we’ll be looking at the category of Food Gums known as Plant Derivatives. In our first video, we provided a little background on food gums as a whole. If you’d like to watch that video for a quick introduction, click the link in this video or in the description below to check it out.
Plant derivatives is another category of gums which, like some of the other gums we’ve discussed, also has extensive history. Two specific examples from this category are Pectin and Cellulose. These gums are extracted from various natural plant sources like trees, fruit, cotton and even vegetables like sugar beets. Their main uses tend to be for improving viscosity, creating gels and adding or improving stabilization.