Guar gum is a hydrocolloid with diverse applications in various industries. It’s primarily used as a thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier in food, but also plays a crucial role in industries like oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and cosmetics.
Our guar gum range are used as a gelling and stabilizing agent and as viscosity builder in foods especially in milk based systems such as ice cream, frozen desserts, chocolate.
Specific Applications:
Guar gum thickens and stabilizes food products, preventing ice crystal formation, and improving texture in sauces, ice cream, and baked goods. It’s also used in gluten-free baking.
In hydraulic fracturing, guar gum is used to increase the viscosity of fracturing fluids, improving their ability to carry sand and fracture the rock.
Guar gum is used in textile printing and sizing, helping to create sharper prints and improve fabric durability.
Guar gum can be used as a binder or disintegrant in tablets and as a bulk-forming agent in laxatives.
It’s used in toothpastes, shampoos, and other products as a thickener, emulsifier, and film-forming agent.
Guar gum is also used in paper manufacturing, explosives, and construction.