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08/11/2013
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Why there is a Great Demand for Gum Powder?

is a type of bean whose seeds are found to be useful for different industrial usages. Botanically known by different indigenous names such as Guarkernmehl  or gomme de guar and the sand like product extracted from  its seeds is applied in various industrial applications for the range of properties it has they are,

  • Highly viscous.
  • Acts as an effective stabilizing agent.
  • Best thickening agent, etc

With such effective properties guar dust is found to be very useful in large scale industries such as oil and gas extraction sectors, food industry, pharmaceuticals, and many more. The demand for guar product in oil production, medicine preparation, food processing, and as thickening mediator for cosmetic industry keep on increasing worldwide; hence, there is considerable boost in export percentage of guar gum dust every year.

Gum Powder Production in India

India is the leading country that supplies large proportion of guar products, whereas U.S and Pakistan come next to India in guar powder production.  Indian guar by product is highly in demand for significant reasons such as,

  • Indian manufacturers are known for exporting reliable and original powder made of guar seeds.
  • Quality of powder stays superior to those from other countries.
  • Superior quality of guar dust is found to be having high effective stabilizing and viscous properties; hence, guar gum powder from India has a good reception in the world market.
  • With the growing demand for shale gas and subsequent application of guar sand in fracturing of shale gas, there is equal increase in stipulation for powder made from guar seeds. Since, majority of shale gas production occurs in U.S, India has been into joint venture over developing guar product production with support from U.S.

Checking the Originality of Guar Powder

Considered as a cost effective by product and thickening agent, gum dust can be applied for powerful results provided the quality is genuine. Buying guar product from reliable manufacturer is more important as contamination or impurity in such products will not provide good results. There had been issues related to the contamination of toxic substances in this product. Dioxin pentachlorophenol is the toxic substance usually found in unbearable percentage in guar dust has been found to cause cancer. Hence, while investing on guar by product it is important to analyze the following features such as,

  • Test the sample for purity in terms of reviewing the certification or license of the manufacturer.
  • Choosing a public commerce sector will stay a safe option as those people will have proper certification to sell genuine product.
  • Analyzing the presence of acceptable level of dioxin and then proceeding with purchase is yet another way of safe investment over by product of guar seeds.

Conclusion

With a wide range of applications, spending on guar seed dust has to be done in a meaningful way. Hence, it is important to make sure of the originality of the products, certification, etc and then proceed with purchase order. Thus original guar powder can be obtained without the presence of higher level of toxic substance.

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.