🥤 : How to Suspend Fruit Pulp in Beverages Using Gellan Gum
🍹 Why Fruit Suspension Matters in Juice and Functional Drinks
In modern beverage innovation, especially in juices, vitamin drinks, and plant-based beverages, including visible fruit pieces or pulp adds:
- 🥭 Premium appeal
- 🍍 Natural perception
- 🍒 Textural enhancement
But keeping these pieces evenly suspended over time is a big challenge:
- ❌ Pulp settles quickly
- ❌ Phase separation occurs
- ❌ Shelf life is shortened without stabilizers
To achieve long-lasting, visually appealing suspension, formulators turn to gellan gum, especially in clear beverages.
💡 How Gellan Gum Suspends Fruit Pulp
Low concentrations of high-acyl gellan gum (HA) can form a soft, elastic network that:
- 🧬 Creates a fluid gel system
- 🌀 Increases viscosity without making the drink "thick"
- 🍓 Keeps fruit pulp, calcium, or flavor beads evenly suspended
- 🧃 Works well in acidic pH ranges typical of fruit drinks
It's ideal for maintaining clean flow when drinking while ensuring no sedimentation during storage.
📘 Typical Beverage Suspension Formula (per 1000ml)
| Ingredient | Function |
|---|---|
| Water | Base 💧 |
| Fruit juice concentrate | Flavor & nutrition 🍊 |
| Sweetener (sugar/stevia) | Taste profile 🍬 |
| High-acyl gellan gum (0.015–0.035%) | Suspension system ⚖️ |
| Citric acid or malic acid | pH adjustment 🍋 |
| Pulp or inclusions (2–5%) | Visual texture 🍍 |
| Optional calcium salts | Gel strengthening (if needed) 🧪 |
⚙️ Processing Tips
- 💧 Disperse gellan gum in water with agitation.
- 🔥 Heat to 85–90°C to activate.
- 🍍 Add fruit pulp, juice concentrate, and acid at lower temp.
- ❄️ Fill and cool - the fluid gel forms during cooling.
This results in stable, pourable beverages with attractive suspended solids that stay in place for months.
🌟 Gellan Gum vs Traditional Thickeners
| Feature | Gellan Gum 🟢 | Xanthan/CMC 🔴 |
|---|---|---|
| Low viscosity feel | ✅ | ❌ |
| Clarity in drinks | ✅ | ❌ |
| Suspension ability | ✅ | ✅ |
| Clean label perception | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| Heat resistance | ✅ | ✅ |
🏷️ CINOGEL Biotech – Your Suspension Gum Partner
At CINOGEL Biotech, we offer high-purity, food-grade high-acyl gellan gum for beverage applications. Our product:
- ✅ Delivers precise pulp suspension
- ✅ Supports cold-fill and hot-fill processes
- ✅ Meets clean-label expectations (vegan, non-GMO, halal, kosher)
Whether you're formulating a tropical juice, functional vitamin drink, or bubble-style beverage - we provide the gellan gum that helps your drink look and perform its best.
🧃 Final Thoughts
If you're creating beverages with:
- 🍇 Suspended fruit or chia
- 🧊 Calcium-fortified nutrition drinks
- 🌿 Botanical particles or plant-based inclusions
...gellan gum offers a low-dosage, clean, and effective solution.
