xanthan gum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural gum, produced by the fermentation of sugars by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris; used as a food additive.

Word forms

xanthan gum xanthan gums

Synonyms

E415 when used as a thickener and stabiliser
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.