Colombe is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#47120 out of 150436, Top 31%). (2000 U.S. Census). Charted below is the birth name popularity of Colombe for girls. Colombe has yet to make it into the list so far.
If you look at processed food, you see all sorts of other gums like carrageenan, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, locust bean gum, agar, and so on. They thicken things: Ice cream, marshmallow fluff, pancake syrup, etc., all benefit from thickening.
Derived from red algae or seaweeds since the 1930s, carrageenan is processed through an alkaline procedure to produce what many consider to be a ânaturalâ food ingredient. Interestingly, if you prepare the same seaweed in an acidic solution, you get what is referred to as âdegraded carrageenanâ or poligeenan.