Guar Gum Powder 25 lb box: HE

Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. This is our BULK DISCOUNTED 25 lb plastic-lined cardboard bulk pack. We also have this herb in our 10 lb bulk pack, and in 1 lb bottles and capsules. To find the other pack sizes, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search. Other common names: Guar, Guar Flour, Jaguar Gum, Guara, Cluster Bean Guar Gum is a water-soluble, dietary fiber that binds with and absorbs undesirable intestinal substances, including excess cholesterol, glucose and toxins, and removes them from the system. Moreover, its high-bulking laxative action stimulates healthy bowel function, relieves chronic constipation, and helps to control colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, diverticulosis and other bowel ailments. Its bulking action may also help in weight loss programs by filling the intestines and giving one the feeling of fullness and reducing the appetite. History: Guar Gum is a water-soluble, dietary fiber that is mechanically extracted from the seed of the Guar bean by mechanical separation of the endosperm from hulls and germs of the seeds. The Guar shrub is a coarse, summer-growing, leguminous annual that is probably native to India and is widely distributed across Africa and Asia, and found cultivated in small quantities the United States and Australia. It is deep-rooted and well adapted to semiarid regions; and in India, when farmers realized its drought-tolerance, they grew it as a forage crop for cattle, which gave the plant is name, Guar, meaning 'cattle fodder.' Food reserves are stored in the beans as a gum, which, when extracted, forms viscous solutions that gel in cold water. The development of Guar's industrial uses took place mainly after World War II, when traditional suppliers of locust bean gum were unable to meet the increasing demand for water-soluble polymers. Guar Gum is a cold-water-soluble polysaccharide, consisting of mannose and galactose units. The ability to hydrate without heating makes it useful in many industrial, food, and medicinal applications. It is used as an emulsifier and stabilizer because it prevents oil droplets from coalescing. The largest market for Guar Gum is in the food industry, where it is used as a thickener and binder of free water in sauces, salad dressings, ice creams, instant noodles, processed cheeses and meats, to name a few. Guar Gum is widely used commercially in the textile and paper industries, where it is employed as sizing to improve finishing and density of papers and fabrics. In addition, it is used as a waterproofing agent in the explosives industry and also in oil drilling and mining industries. In the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector, Guar Gum is employed as a thickener and stabilizer in toothpastes, shampoos and a binder in t