Food Grade Xanthan Gum, Pro-XTG, Bio-compatible
Pro-XTG Bio is a food grade, bio-compatible xanthan gum used as a high-efficiency thickener and suspending agent in SC and EW pesticide formulations, providing excellent viscosity, shear-thinning behavior, stability, and formulation safety
Pro-XTG functions as a hydrophilic colloid to thicken, suspend and stabilize water-based pesticide formulations like suspension concentration (SC) and concentrated emulsion (EW).
Outstanding Merits
- With very low concentration, Pro-XTG gives high viscosity while keeps extreme pseudoplasticity, or shear thinning.
- Outstanding stability with respect to pH, salt and heat.
- Excellent compatibility even synergistic effect with other thickener and suspending agent like magnesium aluminum silicate or additives like smectite clay.
- Because of its high molecular weight, Pro-XTG also can be part of anti-drift agent.
Specifications
| Appearance | Off-white to light yellow powder |
| Particle size | 80mesh |
| Viscosity | ≥ 1200mPa.s (1% in 1% KCl solution) |
| Shearing ratio | ≥ 6.5 |
| Loss on drying | ≤ 15% |
| Ash | ≤ 16% |
| Total nitrogen | ≤ 1.5% |
| Pyruvic acid | ≥ 1.5% |
| pH (1%) | 6.0-8.0 |
| Pb | ≤ 2.0ppm |
| Total plate count | ≤ 5000 CFU/g |
| Moulds & Yeasts | ≤ 500 CFU/g |
| Coliforms | ≤ 0.3 MPN/g |
| Salmonella | Negative |
Product Usage
The dosage of Pro-XTG is about 0.1% of the whole system. Prepare the liquid of Pro-XTG with certain preservative in advance to make it thoroughly hydrated and add it at the end of the milling cycle.
Packing
25kg/bag.
Product Safety, Handling and Storage
- Transport as non-dangerous goods.
- Seal tightly and store in a cool, ventilated, dry place.
- Shelf life is 24 months.
Sample of Pro-XTG
