Kappa Carrageenan Gum Powder

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Product Details

Carrageenan is an extracted product from plant tissue and there are different types of gelling agent formed with it and kappa is one among them. Kappa Carrageenan has pure gelling property that is found to be greatly suitable for food production industry. Kappa is a compatible gelling agent that can work out efficiently on boiling and cold industrial productions. It is also a good stabilizing agent that can control the structure of water molecules. It was used as a prime component used in pudding preparation since the time it had been in use in places like Hawaii.

Origination History

Carrageenan extracts from red such as girgartinaceae, hypaneaceae, etc have been identified to produce gelling, stabilizing and viscous properties. They are used for commercial purpose for their properties. The extraction of gum from these seaweeds is a long process. The seaweeds are dried first and washed perfectly and then sent to alkaline extraction process to separate the natural ingredient from the seaweed extract. Kappa Carrageenan is a specific extract from a red algae called kappaphycus alvarezii wherein, it belongs to the carrageenan algae family and also a commercial source. This particular sea is dissolved into an aqueous liquid and pure kappa is obtained by filtering the other materials stick to it.

Application in Food Industry

Kappa carrageenan is synergistically compatible with other gum products to produce gelling effect.
It is mostly applied to obtain breakable gels such as in the production of dairy based fluid products.
However, it forms into fragile gel only when additional component is added to it such as the calcium and potassium salts. Hence, the liquid form of ingredients which need to transform into gel like substance, should possess calcium or potassium.
In combination with Locust Bean Gum, Kappa gum can show improved gelling property and develops elasticity as well.
In addition, kappa gum can be used as an alternative for eggs also hence; it is applied in combination with starch to make egg-less food products.
It acts as a powerful stabilizer to get a smooth final touch in several milk based products such as cheese, ice cream, etc.

Kappa Carrageenan when combined with clarified locust bean gum can work out as a good gel and gets the appearance of gelatine. This property helps to used kappa gum as an alternative to gelatine. There are several tests done to further study the properties of kappa gum in combination with other gum products.

Carrageenan has several advantageous properties they are,

Solubility- Kappa contains good solubility property which makes this gum applicable for making variety of food products. It is soluble in both hot and cold water, however; when mixed with calcium salts it loses its solubility property. Kappa is soluble in hot milk to some extent as the presence of calcium ion prevents this property.
Gelling Agent-When mixed with potassium salts kappa forms into brittle gel however; presence of more potassium salts will make the get weaker.
It also works as a good stabilizing agent in food processing industry.

Company Details

Consumers have historically cherished and responded to brands that are established by virtue of their performance, exactness, availability, and development. On the one hand technology and on the other changing lifestyles have together been effective catalysts in determining consumer behavior. As a result there is a marked transformation in not only product quality, scope of merchandising, and economic tactics hewn out of management strategies, but also a sudden rise in corporate values. Products, therefore must possess an edge called inherent market potential that is fairly responsive to the demand for the correct alternative promised by any market entrant. Penetrating markets in paper manufacture, food processing & textiles, Altrafine Gums has carved a niche to confirm its position by characteristics that govern sustained quality. Such concerted attitude and endeavour, manufacturing standards, and customer concern have become synonymous with the corporate aims of Altrafine Gums, the rapidly growing Company offering Food Grade Thickeners, Natural Gums for Textile Printing & Sizing, and Organic Paper Gums manufactured to international standards. Altrafine Gums present a product that must supremely contend with existing additives, thickeners and synthetic substitutes that proliferate a highly competitive market. It has state-of-the-Art infrastructure to produce eminent products, having an optimum quality. The company’s aggressive professionals are restless and determined to endeavor new technology, thriving to reach to the crest of producing quality products. Consumer centric organization possesses a drive to satisfy prospective clients from diverse industries. We deliver products to entire array of industries relentlessly, with uncompromising control on quality parameters and prompt services. The products are environmentally controlled and chemically tested by proficient personnel’s following bacteriologic statistics important for every food processing industry.
Research and Development
Our research and development team performs in-depth research for exploring new products and technologies with cost effectiveness and outstanding services. The team is qualified and well equipped with having hands on experience in the same field since decades. To keep up with technological trends and product innovations an intensive research is essential but consequently the quality of the product remains undeterred. Each and every stage of production is inspected with accuracy to maintain quality standard of products. Quality, service and innovation are the main objectives on which the company survives enabling it to reach to the threshold in production. Scientifically analyzing the product specifications, yielding new product trials and its widespread uses are determined carefully by our fortified R and D division hence giving an additional room for expanding the business. For producing germ-free guar gums depolymerization is performed by our research and development team.
History Of The Company
The company originated in the year 1982 Located in Gujarat in the city of Ahmedabad the company was named as Altrafine Gums. We as a company are always on the move to emerge as pioneers compared to the industries in the similar line of business. From the heritage of seeds business, we have expanded our horizons in the business of Guar Gum, Guar Gum Powder and many such other products since a long time. We have conceived and emerged as lantern, while pouring oil in it at regular intervals, hence developing a funnel of rapid growth with each progressing year. We are always on the drive to explore new technologies and implementing it in our each processing stage, with utmost accuracy, hence yielding better in terms of return on investment of the company.