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THE GUAR PLANT, CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBUS FROM THE FAMILY OF LEGUMINOSAE IS CUTIVATED IN THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.IT IS A 5-8 CMS LONG POD-BEARING NITROGEN- FIXING LEGUME.IT IS COMMONLY USED AS GREEN VEGETABLE,GREEN MANURE,CATTEL-FEED AND GUM PRODUCTS.IT IS AN ANNUAL CROP AND IS SOWN AT THE END OF JULY AND HARVESTED IN NOVEMBER. INDIA HAS VARIOUS QUALITY GUAR SEEDS AND IT CULTIVATES TWO OR THREE HYBRID CROPS IN A YEAR. THE GUM OBTAINED FROM THE PLANT IS A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCOLLOIDAL POLYSACCHARIDE, COMPOSED OF GALACTAN AND MANNAN UNITS COMBINED THROUGH GLUCOSIDIC LINKAGES ( CHEMICALLY DESCRIBED AS GALACTOMANNAN ) THIS HYDROXYL GROUP IS TREATED FOR MANUFACTURING VARIOUS DERIVATIVES AND INDUSTRIAL GRADE OF GUAR GUM.

FOOD GRADE GUAR GUM IS SABSTANTIALLY PURE ENDOSPERM. IT IS GENERALLY COMMITTED WITH HULL AND GERM OWING TO IMPERFECT PURIFICATION.GUAR GUM IS INCLUDED IN THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION’S STANDARDS, USA UNDER G.R.A.S ( GENERALLY RECOGNISED AS SAFE ) AS A FOOD ADDITIVE FOR FROZEN FOODS,BAKED FOODS,DAIRY PRODUCTS,BEVERAGES,SALAD DRESSINGS AND CONFECTIONERIES. IN EUROPE GUAR GUM IS LISTED IN E.E.C NUMBER ( E- 412 ) BY SCIENTIFIC OMMITTEE FOR FOOD ( S.C.F. ) OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (E.E.C.). THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPERTY OF GUAR GUM IS IT’S ABILITY TO HYDRATE RAPIDLY IN COLD WATER TO ATTAIN UNIFORM AND VERY HIGH VISCISITY AT RELATIVELY LOW CONCENTRATIONS. ITS COLLOIDAL NATURE GIVES EXCELLENT THICKENING TO THE SOLUTION.IT IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE PRODUCT IN THE HYDOCOLLOID INDUSTERY COSTING LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE OF CMC AND A SMALL FRACTION OF OTHER HYDROCOLLOIDS LIKE XANTHAN, CARAGEENAN, AGAR ETC.

USED IN : MEAT PRODUCTS ETC. FUNCTIONS : GUAR ACTS AS A BINDER AND LUBRICANT IN THE MANUFACTURER OF A VARIETY OF MEAT PRODUCTS SUCH AS SAUSAGES. THE COLD WATER SOLUBILITY AND HYDRATION OF GUAR GUM PERMITS EASY PROCESSING WHILE ABSORBING AND BINDING EXCESS WATER. USED IN : BREADS, CACKES, PASTRIES ETC. FUNCTIONS : USED AS MOSITURE RETENTION AGENT AND AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER IN BAKED FOODS. IT IMPARTS DESIRABLE BINDING AND FILM FORMING PROPERTIES THAT RETARDS THE PENETRATION OF FACTS AND OILS.

USED IN : ICE CREAM,SOFT SERVES,FROZEN CAKES ETC. FUNCTIONS : IN FROZEN FOODS IT CONTROLS CRYSTAL GROWTH, PREVENTS MOSITURE LOSS, REDUCES FREEZER BURN, CONTROLS SYNERISIS, PREVENTS THAW, SEPARATION & CONTROLS FREEZING POINT.

USED IN : YOGURT, DESSERTS, MOUSSE, CHEESE ETC. FUNCTIONS : IN PREVENTS SYNERESIS IN THE CHEESE FORMATION. GUAR GUM IMPROVES TEXTURE, TENDERNESS AND MAINTAINS COLOUR UNIFORMITY AND VISCISITY. IT IMPROVES THE MOUTH FEEL IN DAIRY PRODUCTS.

USED IN : SAUCES, PICKLES, BARBECUE RELISH, SALAD DRESSING ETC. FUNCTIONS : IT IMPROVES THE FREE FLOWING PROPERTIES OF SAUCES AND REDUCES THE SEPARATION BETWEEN WATER AND OIL PHASES. IT IS UNIQUE COLD WATER DISPERSIBLE, ACID RESISTANT, FREE WATER BINDER IN SALAD DRESSINGS, SAUCES, PICKLES AND RELISHES.

USED IN : CHOCOLATES, JELLIES,BISCUITS ETC. FUNCTIONS : GUAR GUM PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN VARIOUS CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS LIKE CHOCOLATE CREAM, JELLIES AND BISCUITS, DUE TO ITS PROPERTIES OF VISCISITY CONTROL, MOSITURE RETENTION, BLOOM CONTROL, AGAR AND GELATIN REPLACER,GLAZING AGENT.

USED IN : COCOA DRINKS, FRUIT JUICES, SUGERLESS & ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ETC. FUNCTIONS : GUAR GUM IS USED TO MAINTAIN VISCOSITY AND ACT AS A SUSPENDING AGENT IN FRUIT BEVERAGES. IT IMPROVES AND MAINTAINS MOUTH FEEL.a USED IN : VATERINARY PREPARATIONS, CALF MILK REPLACER ETC. FUNCTIONS : IT IS A GOOD THICKENER, STABILIZING AND SUSPENDING AGENT FOR VATERINARY PREPARATIONS. IT FORMSGELS, RETAINS MOISTURE & MOSITURE FOODS.

USED IN : LAXATIVES, SUSTAINED RELEASE DRUG, VITAMINS, SYRUPS ETC. FUNCTIONS : RECENT STUDIES MAKE THE GUAR GUM POWDER VERY IMPORTANT FOR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES. DIFFERENT QUALITY OF GUAR SHOWS DIFFERENT EFFECTS IN MEDICINE. TABLET PREPARATION : IN TABLET PREPARATION GUAR GUM POWDER IS USED AS A BINDER AND DISINTEGRATING AGENT FOR COMPRESSED TABLETS. LAXATIVES : IT INCREASES THE INTESTINAL TRANSIT TIME AND INCREASES BULK & STOOL. SUSPENSIONS : IT IS A SUITABLE SUSPENDING AGENT IN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND ALSO USED IN TREATMENT OF ORAL INFECTIONS.

USED IN : WRAPPING PAPER, KRAFT, PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER,FILTER ETC. FUNCTIONS : GUAR’S COST EFFECTIVENESS AND PROPERTIES MAKE IT A USEFUL POLYMER FOR PAPER INDUSTERY. IT INCREASES FOLD, TENSILE STRENGTH, PICK & PULP HYDRATION, SIMULTANEOUSLY IT DECREASES THE POROSITY AND IMPROVES FINISH FOR BETTER PAPER QUALITY.

USED IN : COTTON, RAYON, SILK, WOOL SIZING, CARPET PRINTING ETC. FUNCTIONS : IN SIZING IT INCREASES THE STRENGTH OF WARP THEREBY REDUCING ITS BREAKAGES AND ALSO REDUCES THE DUSTING OF SIZING MACHINE. IT HAS A GOOD FILM FORMING PROPERTY. IT IS USED AS A DISPERSANT AND THICKENING AGENT FOR DYES IN TEXTILE PRINTING.

USED IN : OINTMENTS, LOTIONS, HAIR SHAMPOOS, HAIR CONDITIONERS ETC. FUNCTIONS : USED AS THICKENING AGENT, LUBRICATING AGENT, SUSPENDING AGENT, DETERGENT COMPATIBLE THICKENER, PROTECTIVE COLLOID, FILM FORMING AGENT.

USED IN : TOOTH PASTE, SHAVING CREAM ETC. FUNCTIONS : DUE TO ITS HIGH VISCOSITY, IT IMPARTS SLIP FOR EXTRUDING THE PASTE FROM THE TUBE WITHOUT ANY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE.

USED IN : CONCENTRATION OF ORE, FILTRATION ETC. FUNCTIONS : GUAR GUM IS USED IN MINING INDUSTRY AS A FLOATATION AGENT, FLOCCULATING OR SETTING AGENT, FOAM STABLIZER AND IN THE GENERATION OF BACK WATER. USED IN : RECONSTITUTION OF FRAGMENTATION IN TOBACCO. FUNCTIONS : GUAR IS USED AS A BINDER FOR FRAGMENTED TOBACCO FINS IN THE MANUFACTURER OF RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO. IT IS USED AS BINDING AND STRENGTHENING AGENT.

USED IN : GUAR GUM POWDER PRODUCED BY RK GUARCHEM IS ALSO WIDELY USED IN OTHER PRODUCTS SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHY, WATER TREATMENT, FIRE FIGHTING, INCENCE STICK, MOSQUITO MAT, SOUPS, SNACKS, PUDDINGS, NOODLES, JAMS, CERAMICS, SYNTHETIC RESIN, CARPET PRINTING, WALL PAPER WATER BASED PAINTS, BATTERY ELECTROLYTES, PRINTING INKS, POLISHES ETC.

RK ICE MIX ( ICE CREAM STABILZER ) IS A BLEND OF NATURAL HYDROCOLLOIDS. IT PROVIDES UNIFORMITY TO PRODUCT AND IMPROVES MELTING TIME OF ICE CREAM. IT CONTROLS CRYSTAL GROWTH, PREVENTS SYNERISIS, ADDS MOUTH FEEL & CONTROLS OVERRUN.

RK DEX GEL IS A SPECIAL BLEND FOR JUICE AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. IT ACTS AS A THICKENING, FOAM STABILIZING, CLARIFYING AND SUSPENDING AGENT. IT MAINTAINS COLOR AND FLAVOUR BY MAINTAINING VISCOSITY.

RK SAUCE MIX ( SAUCE STABILIZER ) IS EXCELLENT STABILIZER FOR SAUCES. IT IMPROVES MOUTH FEEL, POURABILITY AND TEXTURE OF SAUCE. IT REDUCES THE SEPARATION OF WATER AND PROVIDE UNIFORMITY TO PRODUCT. IT IS COLD WATER SOLUBLE AND WORKS AS THICKENING STABILIZING AND SUSPENDING AGENT.

RK TX PRINT IS CHEMICALLY TREATED GUAR GUM POWDER FOR DISPERSING PRINTING DYES. IT IS YELLOW ALKALINE POWDER, WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR BOTH SYNTHETIC AND COTTON FABRIC PRINTING. IT IS USED AS THICKENING AGENT AND GIVES EXCELLENT PRINTING RESULTS. RK PAPER ADD IS USED IN PAPER INDUSTRY. IT IMPROVES FINISH OF PAPER’S TENSILE STRENGTH, PICK, FOLD AND PULP HYDRATION. IT REPLACES HEMI CELLULOSE AND DECREASES POROSITY.

RK CBI-P IS A POWDERED ADHESIVE USED IN CORRUGATION INDUSTRY. IT IS USED FOR PASTING OF SHEETS FOR CORRUGATED BOXES. IT IS SPECIALLY DEVELOPED PRODUCT TO BE USED AT LOW CONCENTRATION AND IT PROVIDES BETTER RESULTS. RK CBI-L IS A LIQUID ADHESIVE USED IN CORRUGATION INDUSTRY. . IT IS USED FOR PASTING OF SHEETS FOR CORRUGATED BOXES. IT IS SPECIALLY DEVELOPED PRODUCT TO BE USED AT LOW CONCENTRATION AND IT PROVIDES BETTER RESULTS