Products

Amstel Product BV Potato Starch also known as potato flour, is an extract from potatoes. Our customers use this ingredient as a thickening agent, gluing agent, bulking ingredient and water binder, mainly in the food industry.

Amstel Product BV Gum Arabic is an EU-approved product, known as E414. Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, is a natural gum made of the hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree. The gum acacia is used merely in the food industry as a stabilizer. It is a natural emulsifier, that means it keeps together ingredients that normally would not mix well.

Amstel Product BV Xanthan gum is an EU-approved product, known as E415. It is a polysaccharide that is created through a fermentation process. Xanthan gum is used in food products as a strong thickening agent and stabilizer. The product is also known under the names xantan gum, or gomme de xanthane and gum xanthan/ksantan gum.

Amstel Product BV Gelatin is a flavorless, colorless and translucent additive that can be used as a gelling agent in various manufacturing processes. Gelatin is made from from collagen obtained from various animal by-products; bovine hide or pig hides, bones and muscles. The protein gelatin contains is strong and known for its nutritious benefits. The unflavored gelatin/collagen gelatin is a popular additive in the food industry.

Amstel Product BV Corn Starch is made from waxy corn (also known as maize). The corn powder is a well known food starch and is used to used to give more smoothness and creaminess to food. The product is also used as one of the food industry most popular sweeteners. It also has a lot of applications in the adhesive industry as adhesive gum and in the wood industry.

Amstel Product BV Carrageenan gum are natural food additives and are for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. There are three main varieties of carrageenan.

Amstel Product BV Tara Gum is an EU-approved product, known as E417.Tara gum is the grinded endosperm of the seeds from the Caesalpinia spinosa tree that grows mainly in Peru.This ingredient is used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in a number of food applications.

Amstel Product BV Gellan Gum is an EU-approved product, known as E418. Gellan gum is a water-soluble anionic polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea.

Amstel Product BV Tapioca Starch originates from Thailand and is made from Cassava and is also called cassava starch. We have a selection of different kinds of tapioca starch, both native and modified.

Amstel Product BV Cellulose gum is also called Carboxymethyl cellulose and is used to thicken and stabilize products, or modify the viscosity of a substance. Food and non-food products often contain cellulose gum. Examples are ice cream, toothpaste, detergents, textiles and numerous other products.

Amstel Product BV Locust bean gum, also known as LBG, carob bean gum or carob, is a thickening and a gelling agent that is widely used, primarily in the food industry. Locust bean gum is a natural products, extracted from the carob tree, mostly found in the Mediterranean region. Locust bean gum is extracted from the carob bean, the seeds of the carob tree. And there is carob powder, also called carob flour; a products derived from the ripe, dried and grounded locust tree pods of the carob tree.

Amstel Product BV Guar Gumis an EU-approved product, known as E214. It can be safely used in any food products. Guar gum is the ground endosperm of guar seeds. The guar seed is dehusked, milled and screened by guar gum manufacturers to obtain the powder. Guar gum powder is colored an off-white, vegetable gum, primarily used in the food industry. Guar Gum is a thickening agent, made from Guar beans. It is also called guargum/guargom/guaran/goma guar/gomme de guar or just guar.