“#Carboxymethylcellulose Market to Reach Value of US$1.85 Bn by 2031” #food-additives #press-release archive of https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-07-11/carboxymethyl-cellulose-market-to-reach-value-of-us-1-85-bn-by-2031-tmr-study
on 02022-09-292% #carboxymethylcellulose ingestion induces Crohn’s-disease-like symptoms in genetically susceptible mice, including bacterial overgrowth and inflammation. “CMC is an ideal suspect to account for the rise of #IBD in the 20th century.” #food-additives #health #medicine
on 02022-09-29#patent from 01970 on chelating alum with citric or malic acid so that it gelates #carboxymethylcellulose slowly instead of instantly, greatly expanding its food uses. (Could this invention be the cause of the worldwide obesity pandemic? Nearly any novel food process or #food-additives introduced around that time could.)
on 02022-09-29#gelation of #carboxymethylcellulose with Fe⁺⁺⁺ cations (in FeCl₃) to form #hydrogel microparticles; mentions Ca⁺⁺, Ba⁺⁺, and Zn⁺⁼ can also “cause aggregation and even precipitation” but no gel formation, while Al⁺⁺⁺ can cause gelation. “We would therefore expect the gels generated with this system to be much more spatially homogeneous than those of Ca-alginate.” #materials
on 02022-09-29