NATURAL guar gum NJ018

Detailed product description

Guar gum (E412) is a highly viscous polysaccharide produced from guar beans, the seeds of the bean-like plant Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. It is a plant of the Fabaceae family; it is a legume grown mainly in Central Asia, particularly in India and Pakistan. It is a polysaccharide that is highly soluble in water and belongs to the group of so-called soluble fibres. In water, it forms a highly viscous solution even without heating; for this reason, it is used as a thickener and dispersion stabiliser in foodstuffs, as well as in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
Guar gum is a soluble fibre. Fibres are substances that pass through the digestive tract unchanged. Although they are neither absorbed nor further altered, they have a significant impact on human health. Only a very small amount of guar gum is needed to achieve the required viscosity (eight times less than maize starch); it is therefore used as a thickener in many types of food (dairy and frozen creams, yoghurts, ice cream, or in certain custard or cream-based desserts, instant soups and sauces, bakery products, salads, mustard, tartar sauce, etc.).
Guar gum is added to frozen desserts, where it increases their volume, improves their texture and enhances their resistance to thermal shock.
Guar gum also extends the shelf life of bakery products, thickens salad dressings, instant soups and sauces, and is used to form a film on the surface of meat products. Suitable from Phase 1 onwards
on the Dukan Diet.