date:May 08, 2012
l in vitro in water at temperature as low as 31C instead of 50C for traditional methylcellulose.
Methylcellulose does not have a significant history of consumption within the EU as a food ingredient before 15 May 1997. It would therefore be considered a novel food ingredient.
DWC is a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company, which clocked up $60bn in sales, employed 5,000 people and had customers in 160 countries in 2011. The current move accords with Dows stated aims to grow its methylcellu