Product	Origin:	Description:
Agar Agar	Agar Agar is mainly produced in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Korea and Taiwan out of the red algae Gelidium (very fine algae) and Gracellaria.	Agar Agar is a gelling agent in powder or strip form of a white to yellowish-greyish colour
Agarose	.	.
Alginates	North Atlantic, Japan, USA and Canada.	Algin is found as a component of the cell wall of different brown algues. The algues are extracted by alkali and from the cleaned extract the algin is isolated and bleached by precipitation with Ca-ions or acid. Then by treatment with alkali, the alginic acid is converted to water-soluble Alginate which is then dried and grinded. Alginate is a colourless to slightly yellowish powder.
Arabic	The gum is collected in several countries in the south of the Sahel Zone of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania) by tapping the tree of different kinds of the Acacia Senegal and related species. Main supplying countries are Sudan, Chad and Nigeria.	Gum Arabic is an odourless resin of normally hazelnut to walnut size that appears in nature in round, in the form of tears, light yellow to reddish-yellow pieces. Gum Arabic readily dissolves in cold water, is odour- and tasteless and weakly acid (pH ≈ 4.5).
Arrow Root	St. Vincent (West Indies) and Thailand	Dried and powdered starch of white colour.
Carob Flour	Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece).	It is a ground powder, which does not contain allergic antibodies, nor theobromide nor any caffeine carrying stimulants, with an insignificant level of fat, all of which make it a totally natural and healthy food.
Carob Flour Organic	Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece).	It is a ground powder, which does not contain allergic antibodies, nor theobromide nor any caffeine carrying stimulants, with an insignificant level of fat, all of which make it a totally natural and healthy food.
Carob Kernels	.	.
Carob kibbled	.	.
Carob whole pods	.	.
Carrageenan	USA, Canada, France, Denmark, Philippines and Indonesia.	Carrageenans form the frame-substance of red algae (fam. Rodophyceae). Especially Chondrus-, Gigartina- and Eucheuma-species which can be found at the shores of the North Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, serve as source of raw materials. For production of Carrageenan the algaes are harvested, dried and extracted with slightly alkaline water under pressure at 100-140 °C. The crude extract is cleaned by filtration or centrifugation and treatment with activated carbon, and the Carrageenan is isolated from the solution by precipitation with isopropanol or by cylinder drying. Another preparing method is to dissolve the accompanying materials extremely alkalinously out of the Carrageenan/Cellulosebasis (= semi-refined Carrageenan 407a, PES).
Cassia	India	The hydrocolloid Cassia is a natural gelling respectively thickening agent, sold as a yellow / brownish powder, which is produced from the ground endosperm of the seeds of the Cassia tora/obtusifolia plant by strictly mechanical treatment only. Cassia is a an economical replacement of Locust Bean Gum in food, pet food and technical applications.
CMC	Na-Carboxymethylcelluloses are obtained by the reaction of alkali celluloses with the sodium salt of the monochloracetic acid.	Na-Carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC, CMC, sodium-cellulose glycolate) is the sodium salt of the carboxymethyle ether of the cellulose.
Gelatine	Na-Carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC, CMC, sodium-cellulose glycolate) is the sodium salt of the carboxymethyle ether of the cellulose.	Gelatine is a yellowish to light yellow - brown, tasteless granular or powder.
Gellan Gum	USA	Gellan Gum is an odourless cream-coloured powder. It is a new multifunctional gelling agent (E418)
Guar Gum	The leguminous plants from which Guar Gum is obtained are cultivated in India and Pakistan.	Guar Gum is the ground endosperm of the seed of the Guar plant Cyamopsis tetragonolobus L. Taub (family Leguminosae)
Guar Gum-ECO (Organic)	The leguminous plants from which Guar Gum is obtained from controlled biological farming are cultivated in India only.	Guar Gum is the ground endosperm of the seed of the Guar plant Cyamopsis tetragonolobus L. Taub (family Leguminosae).
Guar Splits	.	.
Incense mixtures	.	.
Karaya	India, Africa	Gum Karaya appears in drop-shaped pieces of different size or in irregular fragments of crystalline appearance. It is slightly yellow to faint pink, transparent, and sometimes contains dark coloured bark matter. Gum Karaya powder is light grey to reddish grey. It has a faint odour and taste of acetic acid.
Konjac	PR China	Konjac Powder/Gel is a dietary fibre, deriving from the tuber of a plant that belongs to the family of the Araceene and originally from South East Asia.
Locust Bean Gum	Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece).	Locust Bean Gum is a white to yellowish-white nearly odourless powder.
Locust Bean Gum Organic	Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece).	Locust Bean Gum is a white to yellowish-white nearly odourless powder.
Pectin	USA, Israel, Europe	Pectin is widely spread in plant tissue where it acts in combination with cellulose as intercellular stroma substance. It is a white to yellowish or slightly brownish powder.
Tamarind Seed Powder	India	Tamarind Seed Powder is produced out of the seed of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indicus). It is a creme-white, odour- and tasteless powder.
Tara Gum	South America (Peru, Chile).	Tara Gum is obtained by grinding the endosperm of the seed of the tara tree (Caesalpinia spinosa). It is a white to yellowish-white powder.
Tragacanth	The resin is mainly produced in Iran and Turkey and Syria by grazing the roots of mainly Astragalus gummifer and other Astragalus species of the family Leguminosa. The exudation dries in form of stripes or flakes and is collected by hand. The assortment in different qualities is made depending on the viscosity and colour. The crop takes place from May to September. Main supplier is Iran. In Turkey and Syria there are only small productions.	Gum Tragacanth is an odourless, yellowish-brownish to white resin that exists is flakes of different forms. After grinding it is very fine powder of yellowish to white colour.
Xanthan	Xanthan Gum is produced by fermentation of Xanthomonas Capestris	Xanthan Gum is an odourless cream-coloured powder. It readily dissolves in cold and hot water, the solutions are very viscous, highly pseudoplastic and very resistant to pH-variations, enzymatic degradation and temperature variations. Xanthan Gum disposes of excellent freeze / thaw stability and is compatible with all commercial thickener and alcohol.