This invention as a thickener for the especially food and at least one other thickener regards the method of increasing the viscosity of the food, and the food which include the thickener composition and the aforementioned thickener composition which include with the use, the Al Telecom nun of the Al Telecom nun.本発明は、特に食品用の増粘剤としてのアルテルナンの使用、アルテルナンと少なくとも1つの他の増粘剤とを含む増粘剤組成物、前記増粘剤組成物を含む食品、および食品の粘度を増加させる方法に関する。