Gellan Gum is secreted and extracted from the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea (previously named Pseudomonas elodea) Gellan gum is a linear anionic hetero polysaccharide having a tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of rhamnose, D-glucose and D-glucoronic acid in the ratio of 1:2:1. It has the potential for partial or total replacement of existing gelling agents (Chaudhary et al., 2013).