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TicaPAN Coating Systems

Hard panned chewing gum with crunch, jelly beans in rainbow colors, malted milk balls with shine – our favorite sweets benefit from TIC Gums’ patent-pending TicaPAN® confection coating system.

Because of its superior performance, gum arabic (also known as gum acacia) was historically the primary hydrocolloid used in panned candies and chewing gum. While it is one of the world’s most universally used gums, it is also one of the most difficult gums to source.

These challenges prompted the development of the TicaPAN Confection Coating System, which offers food manufacturers low-cost, non-gum arabic based systems that exhibit the same or even superior functionality. This innovative confection coating solution is used for binding and strengthening the sugar and sugar-alcohol shells in panned confections and for enrobing nuts, malt balls, chocolate candies, and other oil-containing centers.

TicaPAN Coating System Products

TicaPAN Product Characteristics
TicaPAN 311 Drop in replacement for gum arabic in both hard and soft panning
TicaPAN Quick Crunch Improvement over gum arabic that dries faster, creates a stronger shell, and imparts a crunchier texture
TicaPAN Seal

Film-former that creates an oil and oxygen barrier for panned nuts, chocolate candies, and other oil-containing centers


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Guide to TicaPAN Products for Confections

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Texture Attribute Map


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NEWS & BLOG

TIC Gums Introduces Itself and its Panning Technology to Europe
At the “ProSweets” 2012 Cologne Trade Fair… January 29, 2012 (Cologne, Germany) TIC Gums will introduce both itself and its TicaPAN® 311 Coating System for binding sugar and sugar alcohol syrups in confection coating and panning at the “ProSweets C...
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100% Gum Arabic Replacement for Confections Comes to Europe
January 29, 2012 (Cologne, Germany) – TIC Gums is introducing a replacement for gum arabic to the candy and confection industry in Europe. Known as TicaPAN® 311, the coating system will bind sugar and sugar alcohol syrup in confection coating and pa...
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