Myanmar: Natural Hydrocolloids Driving Food and Personal Care Innovation
Myanmar, rich in agricultural resources including tropical fruits, grains, and livestock products, provides a solid foundation for dairy, beverages, snacks, and bakery industries. With increasing demand for healthy, natural, and functional foods, hydrocolloids such as pectin, citrus fiber, carrageenan, and konjac gum play an essential role across Myanmar’s food and personal care products, offering sustainable solutions for innovation.
In dairy and beverages, pectin is widely used in yogurt, fermented milk drinks, fruit juices, and functional beverages. High-ester pectin stabilizes acidic systems, preventing sedimentation of fruit pieces and ensuring smooth, refreshing mouthfeel. Citrus fiber improves viscosity and texture in low-sugar and high-fiber beverages while providing dietary fiber. Carrageenan forms stable gels in puddings, milk desserts, and jellies, enhancing product texture. Konjac gum, transparent and elastic, is suitable for low-sugar snacks and meal replacement drinks, adding elasticity and layered mouthfeel.
In bakery and snacks, citrus fiber improves dough hydration and gas retention, keeping bread, cakes, cookies, and local pastries soft and moist, while partially replacing fats and starch to enhance health attributes. Pectin stabilizes jams, fillings, and syrups. Carrageenan and konjac gum enhance structure and elasticity in gummies, puddings, and jelly-based snacks, offering innovation potential for the Myanmar snack market.
In sauces and condiments, pectin and citrus fiber stabilize the system, prevent separation, and enhance flavor integration. Carrageenan improves slicing and elasticity of ham, meat jelly, and restructured meat products, while konjac gum provides flexible gel effects in low-sugar and plant-based sauces.
In personal care, konjac gum and citrus fiber are widely applied in skincare lotions, masks, and hair care products. Konjac gum imparts smooth texture and moisturizing properties, while citrus fiber, rich in flavonoids and polysaccharides, provides adsorption and gentle exfoliation. Pectin is used as a natural thickener in oral beauty and functional beverages, meeting Myanmar’s market demand for healthy, plant-based formulations.
Overall, pectin, citrus fiber, carrageenan, and konjac gum provide comprehensive and structured solutions across Myanmar’s dairy, beverages, snacks, bakery, sauces, and personal care industries, supporting product upgrades and differentiation.
Lemon Bio specializes in the research and application of pectin, citrus fiber, carrageenan, and konjac gum, offering natural and functional texture solutions for global food and personal care industries. Through continuous innovation and technical expertise, Lemon Bio supports customers in dairy, beverages, confectionery, sauces, bakery, and beauty care sectors, enabling product advancement and market differentiation.
Citrus pectin is a natural polysaccharide extracted from premium citrus peel. It provides essential gelling, thickening, stabilization, suspension, and texture-enhancing functions. With its fine, clear gel structure, excellent acid stability, and strong process adaptability, pectin is widely used as a key structural ingredient in beverages, dairy, gummies, jams, bakery fillings, meat products, and plant-based formulations.
Our citrus pectin meets FSSC 22000, Kosher, Halal, and FDA standards, and is free from gluten and major allergens—making it an ideal choice for clean, natural, and high-performance formulation needs.
Our citrus fiber products comply with FSSC 22000, Kosher, Halal, and FDA international certification standards. They are non-GMO, gluten-free, lactose-free, and free of common allergens, making them the ideal ingredient choice that combines functionality, clean label compatibility, and natural origin.
Our carrageenan product series is certified by FSSC22000, ISO9001, Halal, Kosher, among other international standards, ensuring batch consistency and global regulatory compliance for customers across various markets.
Konjac gum has excellent water-binding and swelling capacity, forming highly elastic gels with multiple functions including water retention, oil control, elasticity enhancement, film forming, emulsification, and suspension.