Tools

Work out your own numbers

Four decision aids that replace reading with answering. Every figure behind them comes from the 32-application reference set on this site, and every one of them is a starting point to confirm in your own system.

01 Dosage Calculator Estimate a starting point Describe your product, texture target and process and get a starting dosage range, grade, ion system and hydration temperature. Open tool 02 Grade Selector High acyl or low acyl? Answer five questions about texture, ions and processing and get a recommendation of high acyl, low acyl or a blend, with the reasoning. Open tool 03 Dosage Reference Table By application Filter typical usage ranges by product group, grade and keyword, and read the hydration and ion requirement for each one. Open tool 04 Troubleshooting Tree Diagnose the cause Work through the problem one question at a time — weak gels, lumps, syneresis, pre-gelation — and land on the likely cause. Open tool

Read this before you trust a number

Gellan gum is dosed by outcome, not by rule. The ranges behind these tools describe where most products land, but the same polymer behaves differently at a different water hardness, a different total solids, a different grade and a different fill temperature.

Use the tools to choose a starting point and to work out which variable is likely to move the answer. Then run the bench trial. One well-designed trial will teach you more than any table, including these.