Xanthan gum planned at Canadian site

Jungbunzlauer has broken ground on a $150 million facility that it says will be Canada’s first to produce xanthan, a fermentation-derived gum used in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. The Swiss firm already produces citric acid, another fermentation-derived product, at the Port Colborne, Ontario, complex. Both plants will use locally grown corn as raw material. In 2021, Jungbunzlauer announced plans to produce lactic acid at the site, but that project has yet to come to fruition.