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CMC/Carboxymethyl Cellulose

Cellulose gum, or sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (sodium CMC), is a multi-functional ingredient that can be used as a thickener, binder, emulsifier and stabilizer in food with the European food additive number E466.

Together with xanthan gum, they're the most used and common thickener among others in food applications.

Commonly we call CMC (used in food) is its salt, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose or sodium CMC instead of carboxymethyl cellulose itself. Due to the poor water solubility of CMC, it is usually made into its sodium salt in order to be better use it.

Cellulose gum is often used in foods and beverages to make foods thick and creamy to attract the appetite of customers. It thickens and stabilizes a lot of foods by retaining moisture, keeping oil and water phased ingredients don't separate and produces a consistent texture and so on.

Item	Standard
Appearance	White to cream colored powder
Particle Size	Min 95% pass 80 mesh
Purity(dry basis)	99% Min
Viscosity (1% solution, dry basis, 25°C)	1500- 2000mPa.s
Degree of substitution	0.6- 0.9
pH (1% solution)	6.0- 8.5
Loss on drying	10% Max
Lead	3 mg/kg Max
Arsenic	2 mg/kg Max
Mercury	1 mg/kg Max
Cadmium	1 mg/kg Max
Total heavy metals (as Pb)	10 mg/kg Max
Yeasts and moulds	100 cfu/g Max
Total plate count	1000 cfu/g
li	Netative in 5 g
Salmonella spp.	Netative in 10g

Food & Beverage

Generally, it functions as a thickening, suspending, emulsifying, stabilizing and film-forming agent in many foods such as in beverages, bakery, dairy, dessert products and meat products.

Cosmetics

Cellulose gum acts as a binding, emulsion stabilising, film forming, masking and viscosity controlling agent in cosmetic and personal care products.

Toothpaste

Its role in toothpaste is to enable the liquid and solid raw material mix completely and provide the toothpaste a proper viscosity, brightness and smoothness in molding and flowing.

Others

Other uses such as in oil drilling, detergent, paper making, textile, mining, ceramic and so on.