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Applications
Guar gum has applications in diverse fields due to its cost effective emulsifying and thickening properties:
Food
- In processed food as a stabilizer and in meat products as a preservative and
lubricating agent.
- In Bakery and confectionary as a moisture retention agent and as a dough
conditioner. Maintains texture, color uniformity, and prevents synerisis due to
water-binding properties.
- In snacks and puddings for adherence of toppings and as a gelling agent.
- In beverage it provides good mouth feel and stable viscosity.
- In sauces, pickles, and in soups it controls water oil phase and prevents crystallization.
- In pet food preparations it is used as a binder, thickener, stabilizer, and suspending agent.
Oil Well Drilling
In oil well drilling mud, gives a better colloid thereby reducing water losses. It regulates the viscosity of mud solution, stabilizes and regulates the flow properties of the drilling mud.
Explosives
In explosives it acts as water proofing agent, and gives better gelling and swelling.
Paper Industry
Guar Gum provides better properties compared to substitutes. It gives denser surface to the paper used for printing. Guar Gum imparts improved erasive and writing properties, better bonding strength and increased hardness. Due to improved adhesion, it gives better breaking, mullen and folding strengths.
Textile Industry
Guar Gum gives excellent film forming and thickening properties when used for textile sizing, finishing and printing. It reduces warp breakage, reduces dusting while sizing and gives better efficiency in production.
Cosmetics
Used as a thickener, protective colloid in creams and lotions. Also used in toothpaste, and shaving cream for easy extruding from the container tube.
Pharmaceutical
In tablet manufacturing it is used as a binder and disintegrating agent and in micro-encapsulation of drugs.
Apart from the above applications it is also used in mining industry, photography, cement industry, water treatment, and tobacco industry.
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