What is guar gum for? Can I eat?

Guar gum is inedible and can be used as conditioner, antistatic agent and thickener for hair and skin. Suitable for shampoo and conditioner. Guar gum can meet the requirements of zero emission in modern factories, and can maintain or improve the uniformity of paper while improving the retention and drainage of paper. It is a promising environmental additive.

Guar gum is a water-soluble polymer, and its chemical name is guar hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride. It uses natural guar gum as raw material, and the endosperm part left after removing epidermis and germ mainly contains galactose and mannose. After drying, crushing, pressure hydrolysis, precipitation with 20% ethanol solution, centrifugal separation and drying, it reacts with glycidyl ether trimethyl ammonium chloride. Guar gum is a kind of high molecular natural hydrocolloid, which is mainly polymerized from hydroxypropyl guar gum through galactose and mannose to make food. It belongs to natural galactomannan, one of quality improvers and natural thickener.