Tixosil® 333 Hydrophilic Silica Powder

Tixosil® 333 is a small (16 microns) white milled silica powder that improves the freeflow properties of powders making them easier to manipulate, transport and use. It has a medium level of oil absorption. It is often used as a thickener for liquid systems, and as a flow and anticaking agent in many applications. It has a wide range free flow and anticaking abilities for applications such as drink mixings, sweeteners, flavors & fragrances, pigments and chemical powders. It can also prolong the shelf life of powdered substances, especially powdered substances with a high fat content. For plant protection, it can be used as a carrier in solid formulations such as wettable powders (WP) and water-dispersible granules (WG), if grinding needs to be avoided. It can also enhance mechanical strength and stabilize viscosity by being used as an reinforcing filler for HTV, LSR, and RTV-2C silicone rubber applications.

Silica is a fine powder that covers the surface of host powders, creates surface roughness between particles that prevents them from clumping together, enabling particles to flow freely. Tixosil® anti-caking agents, with their controlled particle size, are the most effective flow- conditioning agents for nutrition products adversely affected by moisture or humidity, pressure, or static charge. The high absorption power and anti-caking properties of Tixosil® silica make them ideal for use with all types of foodstuffs. It is commonly used in food items such as spices, bake mixes, artificial sweeteners, and whey products.

Chemical Name:

• Silicon dioxide, chemically prepared

Application Areas:

• Food Industry - Improves flow characteristics in numerous foods, e.g. salt, spices, coffee whitener or sugar.
• Agriculture - Improves flow characteristics and storage stability. Anticaking of milk exchangers and fat concentrates. Anticaking in vitamin premixes
• Plant protection and pest control industry- Improves suspension stability and as carriers for active ingredients. Improves pouring characteristics and storage stability. Improves flow characteristics.