Is gellan gum be used primarily to recreate or improve flavors, colors, textures, or nutritive values lost in processing?

Gellan gum is a food additive that acts as a thickening or gelling agent, and can produce textures in the final product that vary from hard, non-elastic, brittle gels to fluid gels. It could be used to enhance textures in a variety of products. It is uncertain whether any potential uses of gellan gum would be to recreate textures lost in processing.