Product description:

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC, E466) is a versatile food additive widely used as a thickener, texture stabilizer, and encapsulation agent across the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries.

Applications in the food industry:

  Ice cream, mayonnaise, and cheese-based products — ensures smooth texture and stable consistency;

  Desserts, jellies, creams, pastes — controls viscosity and prevents separation;

  Coatings for meat, fish, and confectionery — improves form and structural stability;

  Toothpaste — serves as a primary thickening agent.

Key properties:

• Forms a stable colloidal solution that maintains its properties over time;

• Acts as a thickener and moisture-retaining agent, stabilizes foams and emulsions;

• Inhibits crystallization — essential for preserving texture;

• Forms complexes with proteins, increasing viscosity without altering the system’s shear or flow behavior.

 Chemical characteristics:

CMC is an anionic polysaccharide, and due to its negatively charged groups, it interacts effectively with milk and other proteins.

 Recommended dosage:

From 0.01% to 1%, depending on the product type and required functional effect.