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This came to my attention when I was in contact with a supplier who offered "vegan" xanthan gum.I thought, well...xanthan gum is produced by bacterial fermentation of sugars, so shouldn't it be vegan anyways? Turns out the most common clarification enzyme is obtained from chicken eggs.Patent describing enzyme clarification: http://www.google.com/patents/US5994107Communication with supplier:A while ago we were intensively searching for a vegan xanthan gum for our portfolio. During that search we found that practically all clear xanthan gums on the market are actually not vegan! The reason is that during the production process an enzyme sourced from chicken egg is used for the clarification step necessary to produce transparent clear xanthan gels.To meet the market demand for vegan xanthan gum we added a vegan version to our portfolio. It’s basically the same product with the difference that the clarification step is simply left away. Since the chicken egg enzyme is taken out of the production process this xanthan gum is vegan. The drawback is that due to this the gels formed by this product are not clear.There are lysozymes that can be extracted from other bacteria (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221828/). The higher cost, lack of demand, and awareness is probably why we're not seeing it used more often.
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