guar gum
Sign in to savethickening and stabilizing substance used in food and industrial applications
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Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- galactomannan
- Has part
- carbon
- Image
- Guargum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Guar gum
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C80932
- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₃₀O₁₅
- natural product of taxon
- Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
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Encyclopedic overview
Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan polysaccharide extracted from guar beans that has thickening and stabilizing properties useful in food, feed, and industrial applications. The guar seeds are mechanically dehusked, hydrated, milled and screened according to application. It is typically produced as a free-flowing, off-white powder.
Production and trade
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