Lab / Test to identify mono - and polysaccharides

Hi! Does anyone know of an affordable option for identifying the monosaccharides / polysaccharides in a gum? I have a gum that I can’t source anymore from the…

1. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   Hi, I think it's not so easy. Maybe you can find some signs, but they will not be enough to solve the entire recipe. @Roy What do you think?

2. MattiePT reply

   Thanks for the thoughts. Are you saying that the finding what the polysaccharides are will not be easy or are you saying the reverse engineering won't be easy? If the former, plea…

3. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "MattiePT, post:3, topic:14621"] the polysaccharides are will not be easy [/quote] i say finding polysaccharides types will not be easy. and maybe you can find types but no…

4. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   What Gum is that..there are already a spectrum of carbohydrate components of hydrocolloids..If you cant identify that gum then youre groping in the dark.