Guar gum is available in different forms which include food grade guar gum, commercial or industrial grade guar gum and the fast hydration guar gum. Every form of guar gum is different from others with regard to its specifications; however the basic abilities like thickening, stabilizing capacity, water-solubility, film forming and viscosity control properties remain intact across the forms.
The guar gum (guarkernmehl or goma guar) is obtained from the seeds of leguminous crop called guar which is grown abundantly in countries like India and Pakistan. The seeds are subjected to various processes like hydration, drying, grinding, polishing etc. to obtain the required form of product with desired specifications and properties.
Food Grade Guar Gum
The food grade guar gum is an edible form of guar gum which can be used in various food applications ranging from regular preparations in a kitchen to the bulk food processing applications in industries. The edible guar gum is processed in hygienic facilities with the advanced machineries under quality control measures. The most important applications of edible goma guar are in the form of thickening and binding substitutes in various preparations which include baking and thickening of liquid preparations like soups or beverages. While in baking industry, guar plays an important substitute for flour in making gluten-free recipes, it gives the required thickness, texture and viscosity to the soups, beverages and other liquid preparations. It is cold water soluble, and when added in concentrations as low as 0.5%, can provide quick and effective thickening to a variety of liquids. Very often guar gum powder is added in ice cream preparations in order to prevent the crystal formation in it while improving its texture, mouth feel and body. It improves the stability and appearance of salad dressings, sauces and ketchups in condiments and helps in maintaining homogeneity and texture of dairy products.
Industrial Grade Guar Gum
Not only for food, guar gum powder is an important ingredient for various commercial and industrial applications too. The type of guar gum used in commercial processes is an industrial grade powder processed to meet the applications in industries. Applications of commercial grade guar gum include processes like sizing, finishing and printing of textiles, sheet formation process in paper industry, waterproofing in explosives, cosmetics manufacturing, oil and gas drilling, hydraulic fracturing, mining and as a binding agent in tablet formulations in pharma industry.
Fast Hydration Guar Gum
As the name suggests, fast hydration guar gum powder has rapid or quick hydrating properties and therefore quicker gives the desired viscosity to the products as compared to the regular guar gum product. It is preferred over regular guar gum product in industrial applications like oil, gas and well drilling.
Whatever be the type of product, to get the best from it you need to get it in best quality and no other Agro Gums can offer the best quality guar gum. Agro Gums is a leading guar gum manufacturer & exporter in India offering high quality guar gum in food grade, industrial grade and fast hydrating forms. Visit http://www.agrogums.com to know more.
This article has been written by Biren Patel working at Agro Gums. Agro Gums is a guar and cassia gum manufacturing company offering high quality guar gum powder, fast hydration guar gum powder, cassia powder, guar splits and guar meal to satisfy the production requirements of various industries across the world.
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