How to keep sauce from separating

[adamerhoads]

I make a few hot sauces that that tend to separate in the bottle (water on top, heavier stuff settles down). Is there anything I can do or add to keep this from happening?

thanks

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Emulsifiers and stabilizers.

 

[adamerhoads]

any suggestions on which would work best?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

It depends. Can you post your ingredients? Possibly a natural gum.

 

[adamerhoads]

sure,

water, vinegar, lime juice, tomatoes, scotch bonnet peppers, garlic, escallion, cane sugar, jamaican yellow yam, salt, black pepper, sodium benzoate

 

[The Hot Pepper]

guar gum

 

[adamerhoads]

ok will give it a try. thanks

 

[ductape98]

try this... http://peppermania.com/bottle_catalog_4.html

 

[Sauceman51]

If you want to keep it natural, try using the purple onion. 1 part to about 5 parts of of the liquid content.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Guar and Xanthan are natural gums.