Xanthan Gum, also known as corn sugar gum, is a common ingredient in skin care products. It is prepared by aerobic fermentation of Xanthomonas campestris. It is a long-chain polysaccharide which is made up of important sugars-mannose, glucose, and glucuronic acid.
The importance of Xanthan Gum in the skin care and beauty industry is its excellent binding, emulsion-stabilizing, and skin-conditioning properties. It is also an effective emulsifying surfactant and an agent that promotes aqueous viscosity. All these inherent qualities are needed to further increase the anti-aging effects of a skin care product.
Since it is highly compatible with other components of a product, it promotes the product's stability while effectively resisting enzymatic degradation that can altogether lessen the potency of a skin care product.
Xanthan Gum is used as a vital component in skin care products because it can help improve the skin's texture. Creams and lotions with this natural gum also leave a pleasant and invigorating feel to the skin. It also possesses excellent water-holding capacity.
With its natural binding properties, manufacturers of cosmetic and skin care products add Xanthan gum to bind the individual ingredients. It is the one which is responsible for gel-like consistency of certain products.
Safety information:
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) includes Xanthan Gum on its list of food additives which are accepted as direct inclusion to food. It may be used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, suspending agent, thickener, bodying agent or foam booster. It is also permitted to be used in a number of processed cheese goods. The FDA has also included it on its list of indirect food additions which are to be used in polymers that contact food directly.
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