# Alternative thickeners & fermented gums

Upstream — fermentation & cell culture — Precision-fermented hydrocolloids — xanthan, gellan, welan and pullulan — grown by bacteria on corn syrup or molasses instead of extracted from guar beans or animal gelatin, delivering pseudoplastic thickening for food, cosmetics and drilling fluids without climate…

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/market/upstream/alternative-thickeners-fermented-gums/