Guar Gum

Listing ID #929252

We are offering guar gum.
Guar is also known as cluster bean (cyamopsis tetragonoloba) is an annual legume plant that grows in semiarid regions. Guar is drought-tolerant and can be eaten green like snap beans, fed to cattle or used as a green manure. It bears many bean-like pods, each of which contains six to nine small, rounded seeds. The guar seed is typically made up of 40% to 46% germ, 38% to 45% endosperm, and 14% to 16% husk. The gum is obtained from the grounded endosperm. Guar gum, a natural gum, is an edible thickening agent extracted from the guar bean. Guar beans have a large endosperm which contains galactomannan gum which forms a gel in water. This is commonly known as guar gum and is widely used food and industrial application. Guar gum is mainly used in food industries for frozen food products, baked food products, dairy products, sauces & salad preparations, confections, beverages, pet food etc. Guar gum is widely used in textile industry, paper industry, explosives industry, oil and gas drilling, mining, construction, pharmaceutical, cosmetic industries and many other industries. Guar gum has also proven a useful substitute for locust bean gum. Guar gum is mainly used as natural thickener, emulsifier, stabilizer, bonding agent, hydrocolloid, gelling agent, soil stabilizer, natural fiber, flocculants and fracturing agent. The grade of guar gum powder depends upon: active matter content, granulation, viscosity, ph and degree of substitution. There are two types of guar gum powder 1) food grade guar gum powder
2) industrial grade guar gum powder