Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (Cellulose Gum) - CMC- Food Grade

Description

Uses:
CMC is used in
food
under the
E number
E466 as a
viscosity
modifier or
thickener
, and to
stabilize
emulsions
in various products including
ice cream
. It is also a constituent of many non-food products, such as
personal lubricants
,
toothpaste
,
laxatives
,
diet
pills,
water
-based
paints
,
detergents
, textile
sizing
, and various
paper
products. It is used primarily because it has high
viscosity
, is nontoxic, and is generally considered to be
hypoallergenic
as the major source fiber is either softwood pulp or
cotton linter
.
CMC is used extensively in gluten free
and reduced fat food products.
In laundry detergents, it is used as a soil suspension polymer designed to deposit onto cotton and other cellulosic fabrics, creating a negatively charged barrier to soils in the wash solution. CMC is used as a
lubricant
in
artificial tears
. Sometimes
methyl cellulose
(MC) is used, but its nonpolar
methyl
groups (-CH
3
) do not add any solubility or chemical reactivity to the base cellulose.
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