Instant Xanthan Gum
Instant Xanthan Gum is an agglomerated form of standard xanthan gum, processed so that the particles disperse and hydrate in cold water without lumping. It is designed for cold-process formulations where high-shear mixing is not available.
The product retains the same chemistry as conventional xanthan: a cellulose backbone with charged trisaccharide side chains. The difference lies in particle shape and size, not in molecular structure.
We source bulk Instant Xanthan Gum from top China manufacturers for our partners. The manufacturers are in Shandong and Hubei. A smaller requirement can ship in a combined container with other ingredients.
Please send the grade you need, the volume and your destination port, and we will come back with a solution and a price.
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- Packaging
- 25 kg kraft paper bag with PE inner liner
- ISO 9001
- HACCP
- Halal
- Kosher
Specifications
Grades / Types Available: Food Grade, Pharmaceutical Grade
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Off-white to pale yellow granules |
| Viscosity (1%, 25°C, 60 rpm) | ≥ 1,200 mPa·s |
| Loss on Drying | ≤ 13% |
| Ash | ≤ 13% |
| pH (1% solution) | 6.0-8.0 |
| Pyruvic Acid | ≥ 1.5% |
| Heavy Metals (as Pb) | ≤ 2 mg/kg |
| Total Plate Count | ≤ 5,000 cfu/g |
| Purity (Food Grade) | ≥ 90% |
| Moisture/Loss on Drying | ≤ 10% |
| Particle Size/Mesh | ≥ 80 mesh |
| Lead | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Arsenic | ≤ 1 ppm |
| Yeast & Mold | ≤ 100 cfu/g |
Common Markets Grades
Buyers choose between two agglomeration profiles of Instant Xanthan Gum.
The standard instant grade has a wide particle distribution centred around 60 to 80 mesh and dissolves in stirred cold water in roughly two to three minutes. It is the default for raw-juice smoothies, cold soups, and shaker-bottle protein drinks.
The higher grade is built on a more uniform agglomerate around 40 mesh, intended for industrial dry-mix beverage powders where the consumer simply adds water and shakes.
Both grades exist in clear and standard transparency, and on request as low-bioburden material for chilled-distribution dairy and beverage lines.
Applications
- Cold-process dressings, dips, and emulsified sauces blended without homogenisers
- Smoothie bases, raw juices, and pulp-suspending beverage mixes
- Shaker-bottle protein and meal-replacement powders for home preparation
- Instant pudding, mousse, and dessert mixes whisked into cold milk
- Cold-set bakery icings and fillings where heating would damage flavour
- Personal-care gels and serums mixed at ambient temperature
- Restaurant and foodservice premixes finished tableside or at the line
- Veterinary oral suspensions reconstituted by end users
- Cold-pour craft cocktail thickeners and culinary modernist applications
- Home-baking gluten-free flour blends where a stand mixer is the only equipment
China Manufacturers of Instant Xanthan Gum
Top Instant Xanthan Gum manufacturers in China.
- Shandong Guangshengyuan Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd.4 ingredients in the directory
- Wuhan Qingjiang Konjac Co., Ltd.9 ingredients in the directory
Company names and logos are the property of the manufacturers themselves. They are listed here because our own directory records them as producing this ingredient. A listing is not an endorsement by them, and we do not represent them or speak on their behalf.
How We Help Source Instant Xanthan Gum
Direct Factory Sourcing
We run the whole process: selecting the manufacturer from the top Chinese food ingredient producers, negotiating the price, verifying quality, and coordinating the logistics. You deal with us instead of with several factories at once.
Original Packaging and Documents from the Manufacturer
The manufacturer sends your Instant Xanthan Gum out of its own factory in the original packing, through to your destination port. The COA, COO, MSDS, TDS and any certifications reach you from the manufacturer as well.
Free Samples and Lead Time
We send 100 to 500 g free for your own laboratory to test and you cover only the courier, usually within 2 to 3 working days. ETD is usually within 7 to 15 days once the order is confirmed, and we check that date against the factory's own manufacturing schedule before we give it to you.
Combined Shipment
We can load Instant Xanthan Gum together with other ingredients such as Carrageenan, Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Agar Agar into one 20' FCL. If your quantity is small, we can also ship LCL.
Regulatory Status
Instant Xanthan Gum carries the same regulatory identity as standard xanthan because no chemical change has occurred.
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lists it as E415 in the European Union, and it is GRAS in the United States under 21 CFR 172.695. JECFA accepts it within the same specification as conventional xanthan.
The agglomeration binder, when one is used beyond water, must itself be a permitted food ingredient. Sorbitol and lecithin are the most common choices.
Halal, Kosher, non-GMO, and gluten-free certifications transfer through unchanged from the base gum.
Manufacturing Process
Manufacture starts with standard fermentation-derived xanthan that has been milled to a fine base powder.
The powder is fluidised in a bed of warm air and sprayed with a fine mist of binder, usually deionised water or a dilute polyol solution. Particles collide, stick, and grow into porous agglomerates that are larger and less dense than the starting powder.
The fluidised bed dries the agglomerates in the same vessel. They are then screened to remove fines and oversize material, with rejects returned to the front of the process.
The result is a free-flowing powder that wets at the surface and then hydrates inward, breaking apart as it does rather than forming sticky lumps.
