TIC Gums Opens Texture Innovation Center

From the state-of-the-art pilot plant, to the commercial grade testing kitchen and the sensory testing rooms, TIC Gums is prepared to turn even the most difficult texture or stabilization challenges into solutions.

04/02/09 TIC Gums has opened a new Texture Innovation Center, in White Marsh, Maryland. The 56,000 sq. ft. facility further expands TIC Gums’ capabilities to provide custom solutions and develop breakthrough technologies in the field of texture stabilization. From the state-of-the-art pilot plant, to the commercial grade testing kitchen and the sensory testing rooms, TIC Gums is prepared to turn even the most difficult texture or stabilization challenges into solutions.

“We’re very excited to be celebrating our 100th Anniversary in our new facility,” states Greg Andon, president of TIC Gums. “The Texture Innovation Center represents TIC Gums’ commitment to developing technology that will improve our customers’ products and their profitability.”

TIC Gums is the #1 preferred hydrocolloid supplier to the U.S. food industry for nine consecutive years supplying a complete line of gums and gum systems: Agar, Agaroid, Alginates, Acacia, Aragum, Caragum, Carrageenan, Colloids, FASTir, Freedom Gum, Guar, Guarcel, GuarNT, Inulin, Ticacel MCC, Locust Bean Gum, Nutriloid, Pectin, Pre-Hydrated, Saladizer, Stabilizers, Ticagel, Ticaloid, Ticalose CMC, Ticaxan, Xanthan and Ticamulsion.