Xanthan Gum for cooking.100g.
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NZ$12.00
NZ$12.00
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A white powder, used in many big factories as it can lead to consistency.
This Xanthan Gum is probably used in the home mostly in baking. Only a tiny bit is needed.
Especially useful for Coeliac disease people that avoid wheat products but may like the springiness of Bread made from wheat. It is helpful to use Xanthan when using rice flour or other wheat flour alternatives.
This is where Xanthan gum enters the picture. Xanthan gum acts in many ways like gluten and keeps your recipe from falling apart and can imitate the spring in bread and light fluffy recipes. It is made by fermenting corn sugar with a natural strain of bacteria that in the end creates a white powder. No research has found it to be bad for your health, only good (although I have found mentions of caution in ingesting over 15 grams per day – so unless you scoff down all your baking yourself you are fine ;)).
So, how much do you use in your baking? If you use too little, your recipe might crumble. If you use too much and the texture might become heavy, slimy and very dense.
This Xanthan Gum is probably used in the home mostly in baking. Only a tiny bit is needed.
Especially useful for Coeliac disease people that avoid wheat products but may like the springiness of Bread made from wheat. It is helpful to use Xanthan when using rice flour or other wheat flour alternatives.
This is where Xanthan gum enters the picture. Xanthan gum acts in many ways like gluten and keeps your recipe from falling apart and can imitate the spring in bread and light fluffy recipes. It is made by fermenting corn sugar with a natural strain of bacteria that in the end creates a white powder. No research has found it to be bad for your health, only good (although I have found mentions of caution in ingesting over 15 grams per day – so unless you scoff down all your baking yourself you are fine ;)).
So, how much do you use in your baking? If you use too little, your recipe might crumble. If you use too much and the texture might become heavy, slimy and very dense.
