Food Supplement Citrus Apple Pectin - China

introduction

the main use for pectin is as a gelling agent, thickening agent and stabilizer in food.

the classical application is giving the jelly-like consistency to jams or marmalades, which would otherwise be sweet juices.

in medicine, pectin increases viscosity and volume of stool so that it is used against constipation and diarrhea.

until 2002, it was one of the main ingredients used in kaopectate, along with kaolinite.

pectin is also used in throat lozenges as a demulcent.

in cosmetic products, pectin acts as stabilizer.

pectin is also used in wound healing preparations and specialty medical adhesives, such as colostomy devices.

also, it is considered a natural remedy for nausea.

pectin rich foods are proven to help nausea.

in the cigar industry, pectin is considered an excellent substitute for vegetable glue and many cigar smokers and collectors will use pectin for repairing damaged tobacco wrapper leaves on their cigars.

specification

items standard analysis result

appearance light yellow powder

white powder qualified

particle size ≥95% pass through 60 mesh qualified

gel degree (usa-sag, °) 150±5° 151°

galacturonic acid % ≥ 65.0 91.5

loss on drying % ≤ 10 7.0

ash content % ≤ 5 2.5

degree of esterification % 66-72 70.8

hydrochloric acid insoluble% ≤ 1 0.16

ph(2.5% water solution) 2.6-3.0 2.8

heavy metals (pb) mg/kg ≤ 15 <15

as mg/kg ≤ 2 <2

pb mg/kg ≤ 5 <5

so2 % ≤ 0.005 <0.005

Company Contact:

• Posted By: Xiamen Huaxuan Gelatin Co., Ltd

• Phone: 86 592 5112633

• Address: Factory Building, No. 32, Aoguan Miaodou, Haicang District, Xiamen , Fujian , China

• Email:

• Website: https://hx-gelatin.com

• Business Description: huaxuan gelatin co., ltd was established in 2006 for supplying gelatin.
  
  then, more factories ( huaxuan biotech co., ltd & yiweilong biological technology co., ltd) were established for more food ingredeints: leaf gelatin, collagen, pectin, carrageenan etc.