As food raw material
Available curdlan superior performance, it can be used as gels, structural modifiers, the hold agent, film-former, chelating agent, thickener, stabilizer applied to meat, vegetarian food, edible fiber membrane , low card food ( slimming food ) processing , it can improve the water holding capacity of products, viscoelasticity, stability, and a thickening effect, making the product taste better . It can obviously improve the existing food processing technology, reducing the consumption of food processing.
° As pharmaceutical intermediates and industrial improver
Curdlan has wide range of applications in the bio-pharmaceutical, feed, building materials, biotechnology, and oil field development ; it is a kind of microbial polysaccharide with tasteless, non-toxic, low in calories, and it has certain physiological functions for body. Curdlan can regulate the composition of microorganism intestines, improve immunity, enhance the body's resistance; particularly through chemical modification, curdlan can be used as drugs to treat AIDS.