Food additives Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose HPMC CAS NO.9004-65-3

Xi'an ZB Biotech Co., Ltd is specialized in researching, producing and selling herbal extract and API powder, which are mainly used in nutraceutical, cosmetic, beverage and food additives etc.

Owing plant base, extracting and purifying in GMP workshop, concentrating on the quality and cost each link. That XAZB Biotech is aiming of benefiting the world with lowest price but best products.

We are keeping overcritical on the quality and persisting in the profession all the time. XAZB owns two standardized production workshops, advanced multifunction extractors and juice concentrate equipment, covering 12,000m2. annual dried material processed 950MT, monthly production ability 60MT. 32 scientists are in R&D team. We have strict QC standards and perfect quality guarantee system, GMP certified, also FDA, ISO9001 and Halal certified. 

We also build an integrative marketing center in Xi'an city, China, involving in research, test, sale and service. With full qualification and exporting experience, our products are widely sold to more than 40 countries from Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Oceania and so on

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose is the propylene glycol ether of methylcellulose, in which the hydroxypropyl and methyl groups are combined with the anhydrous glucose ring of cellulose through ether bonds, and it is white to off-white cellulose powder or granules, with Similar cold water solubility and hot water insoluble properties as methyl cellulose. The solubility in organic solvents is better than that in water. It can be dissolved in anhydrous methanol and ethanol solutions, and can also be dissolved in organic solvents such as chlorinated hydrocarbons and ketones. Soluble in water, its aqueous solution has surface activity, forms a thin film after drying, undergoes reversible transformation from sol to gel in turn after heating and cooling. It can be used alone or in combination with other emulsifiers and stabilizers in cold drinks. The maximum dosage in cold drinks is 1%. In recent years, it has been widely used in petrochemical, papermaking, leather, textile printing and dyeing, medicine, food, cosmetics and other industries as a dispersant, thickener, adhesive, excipient, capsule, oil-resistant coating and filler, etc.

1. Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose has many excellent properties and can be used in baked food, pasty food, nutritious food, milk stirring beverage, pie, stuffing, salad decoration ingredient and fast food, etc. Utilizing its thermal gel properties to make oil-based fried food can not only save a lot of frying oil, but also the products have a unique taste of crispy outside and soft inside; use it to be stable to acid and alkali, resist enzymes, not participate in metabolism, and enhance gastrointestinal motility , can also be used in the manufacture of various health foods.
2. Uses: thickener, emulsifier, stabilizer.