COMMERCIAL POLYSACCHARIDE MATERIALS
(Grouped by biological source - links lead to external sites with detailed technical descriptions)
| From microorganisms: xanthan gum gellan dextran pullulan hyaluronic acid scleroglucan |
 xanthan from bacteria |
From plants: guar gum gum arabic locust bean gum pectin starch cellulose (microcrystalline, nanofibrillar) inulin |
starch from corn |
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From marine algae: carrageenan alginate (also) |
alginate from seaweed |
From animals: chitin |
chitin from shrimp |
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Synthetic derivatives: cellulose acetate and other esters (plastics, coatings, drug delivery) methyl cellulose and other ethers (ethyl, carboxymethyl, hydroxyethyl) chitosan starch acetate and other esters |
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MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS
(with links to company websites) View table sorted by product name
| Company | Product |
| Akzo Nobel | ethyl/methyl hydroxyethylcellulose ("associative thickeners"), carboxymethyl cellulose |
| Balasanka Mills |
tamarind kernel powder (xyloglucan) |
| Borregaard | cellulose |
| Carbomer | specialty polysaccharides |
| Cargill | starch, xanthan gum, alginate, carrageenan, pectin, scleroglucan, locust bean gum, guar gum |
| Celanese | cellulose acetate |
| Cosun/Sensus | inulin, carboxymethyl inulin |
| CP Kelco | carrageenan, pectin, gellan, xanthan gum, diutan gum, welan, carboxymethyl cellulose |
| Daicel | cellulose acetate, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose |
| Danisco | alginate, carrageenan, carboxymethyl cellulose, guar gum, locust bean gum, pectin, xanthan gum |
| Dextran Products | dextran |
| Dow Wolff | methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, nitrocellulose, chitosan, hyaluronic acid |
| Eastman | cellulose acetate, propionate, butyrate |
| FMC BioPolymer | alginate, carrageenan, microcrystalline cellulose, hyaluronic acid |
| Hayashibara | pullulan |
| Hercules | methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl
methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl methylcellulose, ethylcellulose,
hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose,
carboxymethyl cellulose, cetyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, starch ethers,
guar gum, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar |
| Hindustan Gums | guar gum, oxidized guar, carboxymethyl guar, tamarind kernel powder (xyloglucan) |
| ISP | alginate and propylene glycol alginate |
| Kirin Food-Tech | curdlan |
| Kitozyme | chitin, chitosan |
| Lenzing | cellulose nanofibrills |
| Lorama | starch-based resins |
| Meron Biopolymers | chitin, chitosan |
| Mitsubishi Rayon | cellulose acetate, xanthan gum, carrageenan, guar, locust bean gum, pectin |
| National Starch | starch |
| Novamatrix | alginate, chitosan, hyaluronate |
| Novamont | thermoplastic starch |
| Noviant | carboxymethyl cellulose |
| Novozymes Biopolymer | hyaluronic acid |
| Orafti | inulin |
| Pharmacosmos | dextran |
| Pharmachem | dextran |
| Primex | chitin, chitosan |
| Rhodia | cellulose acetate |
| Simosis | tamarind kernel powder (xyloglucan) |
| Starchtech | starch |
| VVecogum | tamarind kernel powder (xyloglucan) |
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