Products

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CONFECTIONERY

Vegan alternatives to gelatin in making delicious mouth-watering confectioneries.

Agar Agar

Agar is extracted from red seaweed of the class Rhodophyceae via polymerization of galactose. Our products are available in both strips and powdered form. Both give exceptional results when used for confectioneries such as jelly candies, gummies, vegan marshmallows etc.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan is one of the most cost-effective vegan hydrocolloids that gives the perfect texture to various confectionery items. With our high-quality Carrageenan products you can be assured to use safe products into your recipes.

It is ideal for making hard & soft chewy gummy bears, jujubes, candies, water dessert jellies and much more.

Pectin

Pectin is frequently used in the production of gummy candies. It helps create the chewy and gummy texture that many people enjoy. When making candies with pectin, it’s important to follow a specific recipe as the amount of pectin, along with other ingredients such as sugar and acids, can affect the final texture and flavour of the candy. Additionally, the type of pectin used, whether high-methoxyl or low-methoxyl pectin, can also impact the gelling properties of the candy.



DAIRY PRODUCTS

Relish delightful dairy recipes with high-quality Marine Hydrocolloids dairy stabilizers.

Agar Agar:

Dairy recipes like set yoghurt, ice-creams, kulfi, ice candies, popsicles, etc require stabilizer to gain the required consistency. Agar-Agar acts as a perfect stabiliser and improves the water retention capacity of dairy products. Based on the texture requirements, you can add other Hydrocolloids with agar to prepare a more effective stabilizer.

Wondergel

Spreadable Agar Wondergel is an ideal choice to make creamy, thick & smooth dairy products such as set, stirred & drinkable yoghurts, flavoured milk, paneer etc. without significant syneresis.

Our range of Spreadable Agar Wondergel variants can be extensively used as stabilizers in many dairy recipes.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan is a widely used stabilizer among dairy processors, as it imparts optimal consistency and a good mouth feel. Our Carrageenan is ideal for making dairy products like ice-creams, yoghurts, flavoured milk and much more.

Sodium Alginate

Sodium Alginate’s strong thickening potential makes it a good choice for additives for chocolate milk, Ice cream and other dairy beverages. It imparts perfect consistency without compromising on the mouth feel.

Xanthan Gum

Xanthan Gum is primarily used as a thickening, stabilising & emulsifying agent. A small amount of Xanthan Gum when added to liquids can vastly increase the viscosity, making it useful for a variety of dairy products that require thickening. It is widely used in frozen desserts to prevent the crystallization and to improve the softness of final product.

Tara Gum

Tara gum is known for its ability to enhance the texture of dairy products. It can improve the creaminess and mouthfeel of products like yogurts, ice creams, and dairy-based desserts. Tara gum can be used to stabilize emulsions in dairy products, helping to prevent phase separation and maintain a uniform consistency. This is particularly valuable in products like creamers and certain desserts. In frozen dairy products like ice cream, Tara gum can contribute to improved freeze-thaw stability, preventing the formation of ice crystals and maintaining a smoother texture. Tara gum’s water-binding properties can help reduce syneresis (the release of water) in yogurt, ensuring a firmer and more stable texture.

Locust Bean Gum

Locust bean gum is known for its ability to increase the viscosity and improve the texture of dairy products. It imparts a smooth and creamy consistency, making it useful in products like ice cream, yogurt, and dairy-based desserts. In frozen dairy products like ice cream, locust bean gum can enhance freeze-thaw stability, minimizing the formation of ice crystals and ensuring a smoother texture. Locust bean gum contributes to a creamy mouthfeel in dairy products, enhancing the overall sensory experience for consumers.

Pectin

Pectin is commonly used in fruit-based products, and in the dairy industry, it might be employed in fruit-flavored yogurts or dairy desserts to provide gelling and thickening properties. Pectin may contribute to the mouthfeel of certain dairy products by providing a smoother and more desirable texture.

Guar Gum

Guar gum is a natural thickening and stabilizing agent derived from guar beans. It is often used in the food industry for its ability to increase viscosity and improve the texture of various products. In dairy products, guar gum can serve several purposes:

Viscosity and Texture: Guar gum is known for its water-binding and thickening properties. In dairy products such as ice cream, yogurt, and cream-based desserts, guar gum can be added to improve the viscosity and texture, providing a smoother and creamier mouthfeel.

Stabilization: Guar gum helps prevent the separation of liquid and solid components in dairy products. It acts as a stabilizer, enhancing the overall stability of the product and preventing issues like syneresis (the release of water) in yogurt or ice cream.

Reduced Ice Crystals in Ice Cream: In ice cream production, guar gum can be used to control the formation of ice crystals. This results in a smoother and creamier ice cream texture by improving the freeze-thaw stability.

Improved Mouthfeel: Guar gum contributes to a pleasant mouthfeel in dairy products. It helps create a more indulgent and satisfying texture, particularly in products where a rich and creamy consistency is desired.



JAMS AND SPREADS

Vegan thickening agents that give your jams the perfect texture.

Agar Agar

The major property of Agar Agar is it’s water holding capacity. Hence it can be used in jams, sugar-free jams and marmalade recipes to get high yield with minimal evaporation loss.

Wondergel

Spreadable Agar Agar Wondergel is an easy-to-use thickening and gelling agent in making varieties of fresh fruit jams, spreads, marmalades etc. The final product will have a smooth, spreadable & soft texture.

Xanthan Gum

Xanthan Gum is widely used to make  chocolate spreads, fruit spreads etc. When added to chocolate spreads, it helps to create a smoother and more spreadable texture. This can improve the overall mouthfeel and make the product more appealing to consumers. Chocolate spreads often contain fats and liquids that can separate over time. Xanthan gum helps to stabilize the emulsion, preventing the ingredients from separating. It also gives an excellent mouth-feel.

Guar Gum

Guar gum has a better water-thickening ability than other agents (e.g. cornstarch) and only a small quantity is needed for producing sufficient viscosity. It is useful in enhancing the softness and quality of jams & spreads.

Pectin

Pectin is essential for the gel formation in jams and spreads. When combined with sugar and acid (typically from lemon juice), pectin molecules interact and form a gel network. This gel structure gives the product its characteristic thickness and enables it to set into a spreadable consistency. Pectin contributes to the overall texture of jams and spreads, providing a smooth and cohesive mouthfeel. The gel structure created by pectin helps trap fruit particles, creating a uniform and pleasing texture. Pectin allows for a quicker gel formation during the cooking process. This is particularly important in the production of high-quality jams and spreads, as it helps preserve the natural color, flavor, and nutritional content of the fruits.



WATER & MILK BASED JELLIES

Soft, wiggly Jelly cups with 100% vegan products.

Agar Agar

Agar is an excellent substitute for animal based gelatin as a binding agent for making fresh fruit juice jellies and jelly cups. Unlike gelatin, it sets easily at room temperature and retains the shape even in warmer conditions.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan is widely used in preparing  water dessert jelly, fruity jellies, jelly candies, jelly puddings, milk jellies etc. Our Carrageenan products are completely safe to consume and qualify all the quality standards.



COSMETICS

Marine Hydrocolloids- An organic ingredient that truly cares for your skin and hair.

Agar Agar

The cosmetic industry is always on the lookout for innovative natural skin-friendly alternatives to synthetic products. Agar-Agar is widely used in cosmetics not only to give a gel based texture to the products but also because it has amazing benefits for skin. It helps to stabilize moisturising products such as lotions and creams as well as increase thickness in order to provide a smoother, creamier texture.

Meron’s DIY Peel off Masque-IT : It makes the mask mould to your face shape and it pretty much locks the ingredients, so it forces the goodness into your skin without letting anything evaporate or escape.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan is used for its emulsifying and suspending properties in cosmetics especially for skin-care products. Use of Carrageenan in skin-care products makes it organic without compromising on the overall effectiveness of the product.

Sodium Alginate

Sodium Alginate ensures that the products retain moisture and texture even at extreme temperature fluctuations. It is mostly used to make body lotions, creams etc.

Chitin and Chitosan

Chitin, Chitosan and their derivatives have multiple uses in three areas of cosmetics: haircare, skin care and oral care.

♦ Hair Care

Chitosan and hair carry opposite electrical charges – Chitosan positive and hair negative. Therefore, they are extensively used to produce hair care products such as shampoos, rinses, permanent wave agents, hair colourants, styling lotions, hair sprays and hair tonics.

• Chitosan forms a clear, elastic film on hair, increasing its softness and mechanical strength.
• Chitosan forms a gel when added to mixtures of alcohol and water.
• Chitosan as an antistatic protects hair from waxing and bleaching agents.
• Chitosan helps in retaining moisture irrespective of the humidity levels.
• Chitosan derivatives aid in creating foaming and emulsifying action.
• Chitin powder finds direct application in shampoo.

♦ Skin Care

Chitosan’s positive electrical charge, and high molecular weights of most chitosan products do not permit skin penetration. Thus, making Chitosan a good ingredient in skin moisturizer.

Owing to its low costs, it can be an alternative to hyaluronic acid. Chitosan and chitin can be found in creams, pack material, lotions, nail enamel, foundation, eye shadow, lipstick, cleansing materials and bath agents.



PHARMACEUTICALS

Agar Agar

Agar-Agar has a significant role in the pharmaceutical industry as an agent for gelation, stabilization, and thickening. Due to these properties, it finds uses in pharmaceuticals to treat various health issues. Some of the prominent uses are :

• Agar as a surgical lubricant

The gelation property makes Agar a good choice as surgical lubricant. The surgeons also use it to reduce discomfort to the patient undergoing surgery.

Sodium Alginate

Sodium Alginate is known for its biocompatibility, low toxicity, relatively low cost, and mild gelation properties. It is one of the most used substances in the food, pharmaceutical, and textile industry.

Owing to the exclusive physicochemical properties and biocompatibility, Sodium Alginate is widely used in the pharmaceutical preparation field as:

• Thickening agent
• Suspending agent
• Disintegrating agent
• Microencapsulated materials
• Cold-resistant agent for cells

It is also known to lower blood sugar, and work as an antioxidant and increase immunological competence.

In recent years, there has been extensive research to use Sodium Alginate in new pharmaceutical dosage form, as a kind of bioadhesive polymer and PH sensitivity of the gel material.



BIOTECHNOLOGY

Agar Agar

Agar Agar is an indispensable part of the biotechnology industry. It is used as a gelling agent to prepare semi-solid and solid plant tissue culture medium. The reason why Agar is preferred over other gelling agents are:

• Workable at incubation temperature

Agar Agar when mixed with appropriate portions of water forms into a gel which melts at around 85-95° C and solidifies at 34°C to 41°C.

• Nonreactive with media constituents

Agar-Agar remains unfaced when subjected to media constituents and is immune from plant enzymes.

• Controllable firmness

The firmness of Agar gel depends on the concentration, pH of the medium, and the Agar brand used as culture medium. The Agar concentrations that generally range between 0.5% to 1.0% give the required firmness at a pH specific for plant cell culture media.

• Agar gels are transparent, allowing for easy observation of cells or microorganisms during growth and experiments.

• Agar is also used in plant tissue culture to provide a solid medium for the growth and regeneration of plant cells, tissues, and organs. It is frequently employed for techniques like micro propagation and somatic embryogenesis.

• Researchers can adjust the concentration of agar to control the gel’s firmness and the density of the culture medium. This flexibility allows them to create custom media tailored to the specific requirements of their tissue culture experiments.

Agarose

Agarose, an Agar Agar derivative is also extensively used for various biotechnological applications:

• For Gel chromatography as a separator of large molecules like antibodies, lipo proteins,etc.
• For DNA and RNA recoveries.
• For live cell imaging, as it improves the quality of images.

Plant Gel (Gellan Gum)

Gellan Gum is used for suspension and plant tissue culture applications.

• Gellan gum is used to create a gel-like medium that provides mechanical support to plant or microbial cells. This is particularly useful in tissue culture when you need a solid or semi-solid medium for the growth of cells.

• Gellan gum allows for the control of the consistency of the culture medium. By adjusting the concentration of Gellan gum, you can achieve different levels of gel strength and viscosity, which can be tailored to the specific requirements of your tissue culture.

• The gel created by Gellan gum retains moisture and nutrients, making it an ideal medium for cell growth. It ensures that cells have access to the necessary nutrients while preventing them from settling at the bottom of the container. gellan gum-based gels are generally transparent, which allows for easy observation and monitoring of cell growth and development under a microscope.

 



CULTURE MEDIA

Agar Agar, the perfect culture media to grow all pathogenic and non pathogenic bacteria and fungi.

Agar Agar

Agar-Agar is known for its exceptional qualities as culture media in the Microbiology industry. It does not require the presence of any bacteria or fungi for its production. Therefore, it never inhibits the growth of these microorganisms, making it the best choice as culture media. Other prominent reasons for the same are:

• Dissolving and cooling properties

Agar-agar is derived from the cell walls of red seaweed. When dissolved in hot water the agar-agar powder transforms into jelly when cooled. The jelly structure makes it suitable as a culture medium when organisms need to be cultured in a petri-dish.

• Higher melting point than gelatin

Agar-agar does not melt at the temperature required for the growth of microorganisms(typically around 37°C). Therefore, it is easily possible to heat the petri-dish which is used to grow microorganisms, as the culture medium remains intact and catalyzes the process.



AIR FRESHNER GEL

Excellent gelation agents for long-lasting fragrance

Agar Agar

Agar-Agar is one of the popular gelation agents used in the manufacturing of air freshener gels. It is one of the main elements in air freshener gels, as it keeps all the fragrance of essential oils intact. It is also popular among DIY enthusiasts as it is a cost-effective and natural way of creating gel based air freshener at home.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan is an another cost-effective ingredient for a long-lasting air-freshener gel with high transparency.

Gellan Gum

Gellan Gum is also a great option to use in air-fresheners as a gelling agent. It keeps all the essence intact to make the perfect clear air-freshener gel.



BAKERY

Whip up bakery recipes with plant-based ingredients.

Agar Agar

Agar’s ability to gel and hold water has been experimented in the baking industry for a long time.

Bakers love it as it is a vegan way to stabilize glazes, cheese cakes, tarts, pie fillings and coatings that make their products look extremely tempting. It provides the required viscoelastic properties to get the desired firmness in the final baked goods.

Wondergel

Spreadable Agar Agar Wondergel is an easy-to-use vegan substitute for the age-old gelatine. It provides required perfect texture and imparts balanced creaminess to the bakery items such as cake glaze, decorative piping gel, fruit fillings, fondants, cheese cake, creamy custards etc.

Carrageenan

Carrageenan produced at our facility is safe to use for bakery preparations. It can be used as a stabilizing agent in whipped creams, tarts and much more.

Sodium Alginate

Sodium Alginate is widely used in bakery recipes as a thickening agent for bakery toppings/icings or to increase freeze/thaw ability of various items such as bakery creams. Addition of alginates to various baked delicacies makes them resistant to temperature fluctuations and also helps in reducing the setting time. A pinch of Alginate improves the texture of baked goods.

Pectin

Pectin is a natural substance found in various fruits, and it is commonly used as a gelling agent in the production of jams and jellies. While pectin is not a standard ingredient in most bakery products, it can be used in certain recipes to achieve specific texture and consistency goals.
Fruit Fillings: Pectin is often added to fruit fillings for pastries, pies, and tarts to enhance the gel-like consistency. It helps create a firmer texture and prevents the filling from becoming too runny during baking.

Jams and Jellies in Baked Goods: Pectin is a key ingredient in the making of jams and jellies, which can be used as fillings or toppings for various baked goods. These can include thumbprint cookies, pastries, or even layered cakes.

Glazes: Pectin can be used to create fruit-based glazes for pastries and cakes. The glaze can add flavor and a shiny finish to the baked goods.

Gel-like Layers: In some specialty desserts, pectin might be used to create gel-like layers or textures. This is more common in advanced pastry and dessert preparations.

Curdlan gum

Curdlan gum is a type of bacterial polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Agrobacterium sp. It has unique gelling and thickening properties, and it is often used in the food industry for its ability to form gels under certain conditions. When it comes to bake-stable fillings, curdlan gum can be utilized for its gelling properties to create stable and consistent textures.
Gel Formation: Curdlan gum has the ability to form a gel when heated and then cooled. This characteristic makes it suitable for creating firm and stable textures in fillings that need to withstand baking temperatures.

Thermoreversible Gel: The gelling property of curdlan is thermoreversible, meaning it can form a gel when heated and return to a liquid state upon cooling. This is advantageous in bake-stable fillings, as it allows the filling to set during the baking process and remain stable when the baked goods cool.

Improved Texture: Curdlan gum can contribute to the overall texture of the filling, providing a smooth and consistent mouthfeel. It helps prevent the filling from becoming too runny or separating during baking.

Temperature Resistance: Bake-stable fillings often need to withstand elevated temperatures during baking. Curdlan gum’s gel-forming ability can help maintain the structure and integrity of the filling under these conditions.