Studying for my pt test with my late night friend

She’s portraying how I feel about some of these subjects

Xanthan gum, my little powder miracle

K so I love making ice creams with whole clean ingredients and protein powder. They are just perfect for when you are craving sweets. They are full of vitamins, protein, sugar free and you can even make them fat free if you are just using fruits and nonfat almond milk. Any ways, I came across this miracle powder not too long ago. In a nutshell, it thickens your smoothie/ ice cream once you add it and mix it onto the mixture, that simple.
It’s natural, sugar free, and fat free. Here’s the nutritional label and nutritional info for you to take a look 😉

*Xanthan Gum is a plant-based thickening and stabilizing agent. It is named for the bacteria, Xanthomonas campestris, which plays a crucial role in this description. Technically speaking, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide, which is just a fancy way to say “a string of multiple sugars.” To create xanthan gum, the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium is allowed to ferment on a sugar. The result is a gel that is then dried and milled to create the powder substance. Xanthan gum has a number of powerful properties. First, it works as an emulsifier, encouraging liquids that normally don’t like one another to mix together. Second, it works as thickener, increasing the viscosity of liquids and batters. Third, it can create a creamy texture. In the world of gluten-free baking, xanthan gum plays the crucial role of imitating gluten. In baking, gluten is what makes dough “doughy.” It gives the dough elasticity, as well as viscosity. Those properties help to hold a cookie together while it bakes on a sheet in the oven, and they enable cakes and breads to hold onto the gas bubbles that form inside them – this allows them to rise and take shape. Xanthan gum helps replicate these properties in recipes that do not contain gluten.