Thermal gel is a special polysaccharide and was permitted as stabilizer, thickener, and conditioner in food component by FDA in USA. As it was formed by linking β-1,3-glucoside, it cannot be soluble in water and safe for human being. It was solidified an inconvertible gel when heated, which has a character of resisting frozen and defrost. The thermal gel has a function of edible fibre, it cannot be absorbed by human body and also has an anti-tumor, as its β-1,3-glucoside link, it is characteristic of thickening, viscosity-increasing and rheological property with other polysaccharides, it is a multi-functional food additives.
At present, only Japan, British and a few countries can produce thermal gel industrially, the selling price is about 350-400 yuan/kg, the factories in our country haven't produced it for the technological reason. It was reported the thermal gel was imported 600 tons only from Japan in 2001 and the import has increased of 30% per year. Faced to great market, British, Japan and other countries have set up selling nets from then. Our institute has completed the research work for thermal gel , welcome interested factories consult with us.
The profit is 5 million yuan per year for annual output of 100 tons of thermal gel, but need fermentation and post- extraction equipments. It is suitable for biological plants,