The Senate has already started making moves to repeal the ACA, making the threat on no-cost-sharing birth control very real. But while some oral contraception retails for $60 a month and some IUDs can retail for over $1,000, what might women actually spend out of pocket on contraception in a post-ACA world?
Gellan Gum. A gelling agent produced through fermentation of an algae, gellan gum is used in molecular gastronomy to make all sorts of firm-jellied pieces with distinctive shapes.ellan gum is used mainly in the food industry as an anti-settling agent, thickener, stabilizer or to structure prepared foods. Used in very small doses, it acts as an anti-settling agent in liquids, while adding only a very light viscosity.
Carob gum is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the Carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua. Used in low-fat foods, cookies and biscuits, baked goods, ice-cream, dried fruit, liqueurs and vodkas, soft drinks, confectionary, marshmallows, toothpastes, and many more.assia gum is a food additive made from the endosperm of Senna obtusifolia (also called Cassia obtusifolia or Cassia tora). It is used as a thickener and gelling agent. Cassia gum is currently (mid-2009) being used mainly in pet food applications.