Product Profile of Guar Seeds/ Guar Gum

Guar Seeds/ Guar Gum is primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans. The Guar Gum is made by de-husking, milling and screening. The Guar Gum is a free-flowing, pale, off-white-coloured, coarse to fine ground powder. The Guar Seeds/ Guar Gum is used in various industries.

Application of the Guar Seeds/ Guar Gum:

• Textile industry – sizing, finishing and printing

• Paper industry – improved sheet formation, folding and denser surface for printing

• Explosives industry – as waterproofing agent mixed with ammonium nitrate, nitroglycerin, etc.

• Pharmaceutical industry – as binder or as disintegrator in tablets; main ingredient in some bulk-forming laxatives

• Cosmetics and toiletries industries – thickener in toothpastes, conditioner in shampoos [usually in a chemically modified version]

• Oil and gas drilling, hydraulic fracturing Mining

• Hydroseeding – formation of seed-bearing “guar tack

• Medical institutions, especially nursing homes – used to thicken liquids and foods for patients with dysphagia

• Fire retardant industry – as a thickener in Phos-Chek




Key Features of Guar Seeds/ Guar Gum

• primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans
• made by de-husking, milling and screening
• A free-flowing, pale, off-white-coloured, coarse to fine ground powder.
• Used in various industries