Xanthan chingamu ndi chowonjezera chazakudya chomwe nthawi zambiri chimawonjezeredwa ku zakudya ngati chowonjezera kapena chokhazikika. Wopangidwa kuchokera ku shuga wa chimanga wofufuma yemwe waphwanyidwa ndi mabakiteriya a chomera chotchedwa Xanthomonas campestris, zotsalirazo zimawumitsidwa ndikusandulika ufa wotchedwa xanthan chingamu.

Xanthan chingamu chakhala chofunikira kwambiri pakuphika kopanda gilateni. Zimathandizira katundu wopangidwa kuchokera ku ufa wopanda gilateni monga ufa wa amondi ndi ufa wa buckwheat kumangiriza pamodzi ndikupangitsa kuti zitheke - ntchito yomwe imamalizidwa ndi gilateni. Kwa anthu omwe ali ndi matenda a celiac kapena kutengeka kwa gluteni, chogwiritsira ntchitochi chimakhala ndi gawo lofunikira pakubwezeretsanso zakudya zamtundu wa gluten.

Zomwe zimamangirizazi zimapanga katundu wokhala ndi mawonekedwe ofanana omwe amalumikizana panthawi yophika. Maphikidwe ambiri a gluteni samamanga bwino popanda xanthan chingamu ndipo amabweretsa zinthu zophikidwa zomwe zimasweka. Xanthan chingamu imapangitsanso kukhazikika kwa gluteni ndikuwonetsetsa kuti chophimbacho chimakhalabe chopanda gluteni.Pamene xanthan chingamu ufa wawonjezeredwa kumadzimadzi, umabalalitsa mwamsanga ndikupanga njira yowonongeka komanso yokhazikika. Izi zimapangitsa kukhala chokhuthala chachikulu, kuyimitsa ndi kukhazikika kwazinthu zambiri.