Guar Gum
PROCOL series is a high quality Guar Gum for food applications. Many kinds of grades are available and divided depending upon viscosity and granularity.
Guar Gum series is a high viscosity Guar Gum for feed and industrial applications.
Features
What is Guar Gum?
Guar Gum is a thickener made of endosperm of guar seed that is a leguminous grown in mainly south Asia. It is soluble in cold water and hot water with a good pH tolerance. Due to its versatility, Guar Gum is recommended for a wide range of food applications as a food additive.
Also, because of biodegradability, Guar Gum is widely used for industrial purposes.
Food Applications: | Ice cream Cream cheese Confectionary, Baked Goods Processed foods |
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Industrial Applications: | Fish feed Textiles Mining |
Product Line-Up and Properties
Viscosity (1%,2h) | Granularity | |
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PROCOL U | ≥4,500 mPa.s | 100 mesh pass, ≥97% 200 mesh pass, ≥80% |
PROCOL S-1 | 4,500~4,900 mPa.s | 100 mesh pass, ≥98% 200 mesh pass, ≥80% |
PROCOL K | ≥3,500 mPa.s | 100 mesh pass, ≥80% 200 mesh pass, ≤20% |
Viscosity (1%,2h) | Granularity | |
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Guar Gum GU/F | ≥5,000 mPa.s | 100 mesh pass, ≥97% 200 mesh pass, ≥80% |
Grades other than the above are available according to customers’ requirement. Please contact our sales representative at Somar Corporation.