PRODUCT DATA SHEET

Document No.: 592-IX

KELCOGEL HM-B GELLAN GUM Effective Date: 11 Jul 2018

Description KELCOGEL HM-B is a high acyl gellan gum for use in stabilizing UHT and HTST
neutral pH dairy beverages.
Features • pseudoplastic rheology (i.e., shear thinning)
• low protein reactivity
• functional in dilute and reconstituted milk beverages
• easy to disperse and hydrate
Benefits • excellent suspension of cocoa and insoluble calcium ingredients
• minimal contribution to mouthfeel viscosity
• compatible with a wide variety of neutral pH dairy beverages
• results in products with excellent shelf life stability
• compatible with equipment typically used in milk beverage processing plants
Typical Applications • chocolate milk
• coffee and tea beverages
• nutritional dairy-based beverages
Typical Use Level KELCOGEL HM-B is typically used at 0.10 – 0.12%.
Dispersion/Hydration KELCOGEL HM-B can be dispersed readily into milk or other beverage systems
using common mixing devices. The product can be activated by heat treatments
such as HTST, UHT, pasteurization and retort processes.
Standard Packaging Packed in 25-kg multiwalled, valve-filled bags. All packaging materials comply with
relevant UK, EU, and United States food contact legislation.
Ingredient/Labeling KELCOGEL HM-B gellan gum
Sucrose, CAS: 57-50-1
Food grade gellan gum, CAS: 71010-52-1
For use as a stabilizer and thickener
Kosher approved; Halal approved
Regulatory The ingredients of this product comply with the following regulations and standards:
Information Sucrose (sugar): Food Chemicals Codex, 21 CFR § 184.1854 (USA)
Gellan gum: Food Chemicals Codex, 21 CFR § 172.665 (USA), Canadian Food
and Drug Law (Item G.2, Table IV), and Japan’s Specifications and Standards for
Food Additives.
KELCOGEL HM-B is currently not approved for use in the European Union.
For information on approved use of KELCOGEL HM-B, or of products in which
KELCOGEL HM-B is an ingredient, in other countries/regions not specified herein,
please contact CP Kelco’s Regulatory Affairs Department.
Storage Conditions/ Store in a roofed and well-ventilated area in the unopened original package.
Shelf Life Functional properties of the product are guaranteed to conform with the stated sales
specifications for 730 days from the date of manufacture when stored under these
conditions. Product quality should be re-evaluated prior to use if this “Best Before”
date has been exceeded.
Quality System Manufactured according to a Quality System registered to ISO 9001.

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Specifications

Property Requirement Test Method

Loss on Drying Not more than 8% KTM003

Appearance White to tan, uniform in appearance
Suspension, Dairy (0.12% in cocoa) Pass KTM292
Bacteria * Not more than 10,000 cfu/g KTM800
Yeast Not more than 300 cfu/g KTM803
Mold Not more than 300 cfu/g KTM803
Coliform Negative by Most Probable Number (MPN) KTM801
Escherichia coli Absent in 25 g KTM802
Salmonella spp. Absent in 25 g KTM804
* Total viable mesophilic aerobic count, 48 hr incubation

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METHODS OF TESTING (Full details of test methods are available upon request)

Loss on Drying (KTM003)

Spread 3-5 g product evenly on a tared weighing pan and weigh accurately. Dry in an oven at 105°C for 2½
hours. Cool in a desiccator and reweigh.

Appearance
Qualitative evaluation.

Suspension (KTM292)
Please contact the CP Kelco Sales Representative.

Bacteria (KTM800)
Follow the procedures as given for microbial limit tests in the current edition of the United States
Pharmacopoeia

Coliform (KTM801), Yeast and Mold (KTM803)

Follow procedures as given for microbial limits in the current edition of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
Bacteriological Analytical Manual for Foods.

Salmonella spp. (KTM804), Escherichia coli (KTM802)

Test method is available upon request.

NOTE: CP Kelco reserves the right to use company test methodology.

The information contained herein is, to our best knowledge, true and accurate, but all recommendations or suggestions are made without guarantee, since we can neither anticipate nor
control the different conditions under which this information and our products are used. Each manufacturer should evaluate their final products to determine compliance with all relevant
federal, state and local regulations. Further we can disclaim all liability with regard to its customers' infringement of third party intellectual property including, but not limited to, patents. We
recommend that our customers apply for licenses under any relevant patents. No statement herein or by our employees shall be construed to imply the non-existence of relevant patents
or as a recommendation or inducement to infringe said patents. It is our policy, however, to assist our customers and to help in the solution of particular problems which may arise in
connection with applications of our products.

KELCOGEL is a registered trademark of CP Kelco ApS and/or CP Kelco U.S., Inc..

© CP Kelco ApS 2003

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