What is cellulose made of

Cellulose can be modified by esterification to give rise to different cellulose derivatives with various properties. Cellulose acetate is used in making cellulose films. Carboxymethyl cellulose is used in the pulp and paper industry, and hydroxypropyl cellulose is used as a thickening agent in food.

With the OrganoClick technology platform we aim at expanding the use of cellulose even further. Adding cellulose to food allows an increase in bulk and fiber content without a major impact on flavor. Since cellulose binds and mixes easily with water, it is often added to increase the fiber content of drinks and other liquid items when the gritty texture of regular fiber supplements would be undesirable.

Calorie Reducer : Cellulose provides a lot of volume or bulk of food but because it is indigestible to humans, it has no caloric value. For this reason, cellulose has become a popular bulking agent in diet foods. Consumers who eat foods with high cellulose content feel full physically and psychologically without having consumed many calories.

Cellulose gel acts similarly to an emulsion , suspending ingredients within a solution and preventing water from separating out. Cellulose is often added to sauces for both the thickening and emulsifying action.

The thickening power of cellulose also allows for more air to be whipped into products like ice cream , or whipped topping. Cellulose allows for the production of thick and creamy food items without the use of as much fat.

Shredded and grated cheeses, spice mixes, and powdered drink mixes are just a few of the many food items that take advantage of cellulose as an anti-caking agent. Cellulose can be found on ingredient lists under a variety of names, depending on which form is used.

Powdered cellulose is the most widely used in food products and is the form of choice for anti-caking applications. Cellulose gum or cellulose gel, which are hydrated forms of cellulose, are often used in sauces or other wet items like ice cream and frozen yogurt. Cellulose may also be found on ingredient lists under the names carboxymethylcellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, or MCC.

Multiple cellulose chains hydrogen bond to each other forming elementary fibrils, which collect into microfibrils that are nm in diameter and several microns in length and have regions that are disordered amorphous-like and highly ordered crystalline.

These cellulose fibrils are the main reinforcement phase for the subsequent cellular structured plant tissues and cellulose nanoparticles can be extracted from plant cell walls by chemical-mechanical processes.

Cellulose particles can be considered a "green" material for several reasons.