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
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| Product | Company |
| Alginate | ISP, FMC Biopolymer, Cargill, Novamatrix, Danisco |
| Carboxymethyl guar | Hindustan Gums, Rhodia |
| Carboxymethyl cellulose | Dow Wolff, Daicel, Hercules, Akzo Nobel, Danisco, CP Kelco |
| Carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar | Hercules, Rhodia |
| Carboxymethyl inulin | Cosun/Sensus |
| Carrageenan | CP Kelco, Cargill, Mitsubishi Rayon, Danisco, FMC Biopolymer |
| Cellulose | Borregaard |
| Cellulose, microcrystalline | FMC Biopolymer |
| Cellulose, nanofibrills | Lenzing |
| Cellulose acetate | Eastman, Celanese, Rhodia, Mitsubishi Rayon, Daicel |
| Cellulose butyrate | Eastman |
| Cellulose propionate | Eastman |
| Cetyl hydroxyethyl cellulose | Hercules |
| Chitin | Meron Biopolymers, Primex, Kitozyme |
| Chitosan | Meron Biopolymers, Primex, Kitozyme, Novamatrix, Dow Wolff |
| Curdlan | Kirin Food-Tech |
| Dextran | Dextran Products, Pharmacosmos |
| Diutan gum | CP Kelco |
| Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose | Akzo Nobel |
| Ethylcellulose | Daicel, Hercules, Dow Wolff |
| Gellan | CP Kelco |
| Guar gum | Hercules, Hindustan Gums, Mitsubishi Rayon, Cargill, Danisco, Rhodia |
| Guar gum, oxidized | Hindustan Gums |
| Hyaluronic acid | FMC Biopolymer, Novozymes Biopolymer, Novamatrix, Dow Wolff |
| Hydroxyethyl cellulose | Daicel, Hercules, Dow Wolff |
| Hydroxyethyl methylcellulose | Dow Wolff, Hercules |
| Hydroxypropyl cellulose | Hercules |
| Hydroxypropyl guar | Hercules, Rhodia |
| Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose | Dow Wolff, Hercules |
| Inulin | Cosun/Sensus, Orafti |
| Locust bean gum | Cargill, Mitsubishi, Danisco |
| Methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose | Akzo Nobel |
| Methylcellulose | Hercules, Dow Wolff |
| Nitrocellulose | Dow Wolff |
| Pectin | Cargill, Mitsubishi Rayon, CP Kelco, Danisco |
| Propylene glycol alginate | ISP |
| Pullulan | Hayashibara, B&K Natural Preservative Co. |
| Scleroglucan | Cargill |
| Starch | National Starch, Cargill, Starchtech |
| Starch-based resins | Lorama |
| Starch ethers | Hercules |
| Starch, thermoplastic | Novamont |
| Tamarind kernel powder (xyloglucan) | Hindustan Gums, VVecogum, Simosis |
| Welan | CP Kelco |
| Xanthan gum | Cargill, CP Kelco, Mitsubishi Rayon, Danisco |
| Xyloglucan | see tamarind kernel powder |
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