Food additive E418 Gellan gum is produced through the fermentation of Pseudomonas elodea (a non-pathogenic bacteria).
Gellan gum is a water-soluble polysaccharide that is composed of repeating units, which are called monosaccharides. And it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a direct food additive when added to foods as a stabilizer or thickener. The JECFA Committee also allocated an ADI (average daily intake) of “not specified” to gellan gum, which means that a specific limit on the average daily intake of gellan gum was not needed.
So we can say gellan gum is a pure and natural food additive which is very safe for used in food & beverage products.
The additive is a high molecular weight polysaccharide gum produced from Pseudomonas elodea by a pure culture fermentation process and purified by recovery with isopropyl alcohol.
The strain of Pseudomonas elodea is non-pathogenic and non-toxic in man and animals.
The additive is produced by a process that renders it free of viable cells of Pseudomonas elodea.
Gellan gum can be used to provide a range of useful gelled industrial (such as deodorant gels) and food products.
Typical gelled food products include fabricated vegetables, fruits, meat and fish, aspics, petfoods, water and milk based desserts, syrups and toppings. These gelled products are generally made by preparing an aqueous composition of the food ingredients and dissolved gellan gun.
