E415 Xanthane Gum
Xanthane gum is great for creating ketchup-like textures in sauces and dressings, stabilizing meringue and other egg-white based foams, enhancing the texture in ice-creams and thickening milk and fruit based mixtures. There are three things that makes this product great. First of all it works in a wide PH-range. Secondly it works in wide temperature range allowing the creation for instance hot gels. Last but not least it's not alcohol soluble making an interesting additive when playing with alcohols. By combining it with E410 or E412 one can greatly enhance it's gelling and stabilizing properties.
Typical usage is <= 1% of total weight or volume.
Xanthane gum is available under the brand name Xantha Gum from german Biozoon and Xanthane from french Cuisine Innovation
Links:
Wikipedia
Links:
Wikipedia
