Chitin And Chitosan - India

Chitin is the second most abundant natural biopolymer in the world, behind only cellulose.

It is also the most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide that contains amino sugars.

This abundance, combined with the specific chemistry of chitin and its derivative chitosan, make for the array of potential applications.

Chitosan is a fine off white, odorless Powder extracted from Crab and Shrimp Shells and its derivatives offer uses in three areas of cosmetics: hair care, skin care and oral care.

Products have already reached the market in all three areas.

We supply Chitosan at varied deacetylation values (80 – 95%) and mesh sizes (35 to 100).

We also supply High Bulk Density Chitosan (HBDC) ideally suitable for encapsulation, having a bulk density of 0.8gm/ml and 0 mesh size to 100 Mesh.

APPLICATIONS:

Chitin & Chitosan have a wide variety of uses in health care.

Most important are Wound Care, Implants fat & cholesterol –binding drugs, and drug delivery.

Chitin, Chitosan and their derivatives offer uses in three areas of cosmetics: haircare, skin care and oral care.

Company Contact:

• Posted By: Marine Hydrocolloids

• Phone: 914842227241

• Address: Deepa Building, Santo Gopalan Road, , Chullickal, Cochin - 682 005, Kerala , India

• Email:

• Website: https://www.meron.com

• Business Description: We are the largest Manufacturer & Exporter of AGAR AGAR in India suitable for various applications in Food, Confectionary, Microbiology, Pharmaceuticals, Culture media, Biotechnology & Plant Tissue Culture.
  
  We manufacture food grade Agar in Powder & Strips form having gel strength ranging from 700-1200 GM/CM² with ISO 22000 : 2005 & ISO 9001- 2008 , Halal, GMP, HACCP, Kosher Certification & FSSAI License
  
  
  
  Currently the company has a production capacity over 350 M.
  
  T per annum.
  
  Marine Hydrocolloids has since then introduced several other products like Wonder Gel, Plant gel, Agarose, etc.
  
  Today Marine Hydrocolloids is the only exporter and market leader of quality Agar Agar in India.
  
  We are the exclusive supplier of Agar to many MNC'S and also to 90% of the commercial tissue culture laboratories in India and several leading laboratories across the world.
  
  We export to South America, Europe, CIS & Russia, Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, USA, Far East, and Australia.
  
  We also have retail packing for agar strips & powder being supplied to major retail outlets in India and abroad.