CP Kelco is the global leader in hydrocolloids. We produce and market a wide range of biopolymers for rheology control in water-based applications. Just as important, we have the specialized expertise and know-how to help our customers develop the optimum solution for their needs. CP Kelco develops, produces and markets novel biopolymers produced by leading edge industrial fermentation processes, including:

• GENU® pectin
• GENU® GUM refined locust bean gum
• KELCOGEL® CG gellan gum
• KELTROL® CG and XANTURAL® xanthan gum
• GENUGEL® and GENUVISCO® carrageenan

Key Functionality in Health and Nutrition Applications

CP Kelco's biopolymers offer unique thickening, stabilizing and suspending properties and are used in ointments, creams, lotions, pharmaceutical emulsions, medicated syrups and liquid antacids. Their compatibility with a wide variety of ingredients makes them particularly effective in these applications. Biopolymers provide viscosity or gelation on contact with body fluids. They are chemically stable and biocompatible via most routes of delivery. Our products offer innovative opportunities in novel delivery systems.

Key Application Segments Served

• Oral suspensions, emulsions and syrups
• Ophthalmic compositions
• Sustained release tablets
• Lotions and creams
• Ostomy and wound care products
  

• Tablet coatings
• Enteral / parenteral nutrition
• Infant formula
• Weight management
• Anti-diarrhea preparations

KELCOGEL® CG gellan gum can be used to formulate novel active ingredient delivery systems, including self lubricated and easy-to-swallow oral dosage gels and coated tablets to provide tablet disintegration and controlled release of actives.

The gelling properties of gellan gum, especially the ability to gel with any cation, provide an opportunity to produce a unique oral delivery system. Gellan gum gels are easy to process and contain low gum concentration. Compatible with most additives, the moist, jelly-like texture of gellan gum provides a self-standing, easy-to-swallow, oral dosage forms with taste-masking possibilities.

KELTROL® CG and XANTURAL® xanthan gum swells in gastric fluid to produce a highly viscous layer around the tablet through which the drug must diffuse. This property makes xanthan gum a useful ingredient for controlled and sustained release applications.

Pectin is extensively used as a component in the adhesive barrier wafer of ostomy rings, and in ostomy pastes and fillers. In these applications the water binding effect and the ability to adhere to moist surfaces are utilized. Pectin is further said to be non-irritating in contact with the skin, and certain bactericidal and wound healing effects have even been suggested.

Stable in acid environments, GENU® pectin is useful for applications where colonic drug delivery is desired, as well as to stabilize and suspend pharmaceutical ingredients in acidic environments.