The phrase guar gum is familiar to much, but not everyone has an idea of what it represents. On packing of many products it is possible to find this substance in structure. Let's try to understand, what is it, for what it is used, and its application is how safe.
Description
Guar gum is the nutritional supplement relating to emulsifiers, stabilizers and thickeners. On the standard classification it is designated as E412. Other names — a guara, guara pitch.
Substance is well dissolved in water, interferes with fast crystallization of ice. That is, if to try to freeze solution of guar gum, then in the freezer, after a while, there will be not ice, but gel.
Guar gum — a product natural, is produced from the Indian acacia (pea tree). Other name of this plant — guar. It is grown up on the peninsula of Hindustan, on the African continent, in Australia and North America.
From the dried-up fruits of a guar (beans) processed in powder by means of extraction produce pitch. This pitch is also raw materials for production E412.
Chemical composition
Gum of a guar is polysaccharide. It contains galactose traces, fatty acids, valuable to an organism. At addition E412 in water there is a solidification. The composition of guar gum is similar to composition of gum of a carob tree.
Whether you know? The main world suppliers of gum of a guar tree — India and Pakistan.
Useful properties
Guar gum has the mass of useful properties:
- it is actively applied at locks and atherosclerosis;
- perfectly cleans an organism, removes slags, minimizes negative action on an organism of heavy metals, normalizes the level of cholesterol and is a natural anti-septic tank, working at the same time it is exclusive on harmful microorganisms;
- the gel structure absorbs in itself all unnecessary and harmful to an organism and removes all slag naturally;
- in intestines it is not soaked up, that is, harm from it cannot be;
- well affects comprehensibility of useful substances and minerals, especially potassium;
- it is used for dietary food at diabetes as normalizes sugar level;
- reduces appetite as thanks to the gel weight formed in a stomach, the effect of filling of volume and, as a result, feeling of satiety occurs.
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Application
E412 nutritional supplement is familiar to most of people on structure of various products specified on packings. Guara pitch is applied often in a complex with pectins, agar-agar and starch. Use in various dietary supplements intended generally for treatment and prevention:
- atherosclerosis (brings excess cholesterol which accumulates on walls of vessels out of an organism);
- diabetes (normalizes sugar level in blood);
- problems with excess weight and GIT diseases.
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The admissible daily dose for E412 nutritional supplement is not revealed. However, the guar is allowed to add in such proportions (the maximum contents on 1 kg of a ready-made product):
- vegetable and mushroom canned food — 10 g;
- fermented milk products — 5 g;
- processed cheese — 8 g;
- fish canned food — 20 g;
- baby food — 1 g;
- margarine — 10 g.
- production of products from meat — 0.2-0.5% of the mass of products;
- ketchups, sauces, mayonnaise — the dosage depends on desirable density of a product.
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Though the food industry — not the only consumer of pitch of the Indian acacia.
The most unusual use of gum of a guar tree is an oil production. Guara is added to boring clay, increasing thereby quality characteristics of mix for drilling. Gum function in this case is to make solution for drilling homogenized, i.e. uniform. These purposes require very large amount of pitch.
Other productions where apply gum of a pea tree:
- textiles;
- paper;
- pyrotechnic means;
- cosmetology;
- coal mining.
In cosmetology
Cosmetology — one of scopes of pitch. It is caused by the fact that detaining moisture, gum promotes moistening of the person. On skin the invisible layer which protects an integument from wind, dust, ultraviolet is formed. It is possible to prepare tonic at home, independently. Its regular application can soon replace with itself use of cosmetics of industrial production.
Apply to hair care in mix with hydrolat, vitamin complexes and essential oils. Such mix — excellent natural hair conditioner.
It is important! If you decided to make independently cosmetic with gum of the Indian acacia, keep in mind that the maintenance of E412 has to be within 5% of the mass of cosmetic. The bigger amount of emulsifier is extremely undesirable.
Broad use of gum of the Indian acacia is explained by its hypoallergenicity. When it is possible to call an allergy a scourge of our time, gum is used around the world, in many respects exactly thanks to its such quality.
Therefore, recommend to apply in cosmetology it to those who have sensitive skin. On the basis of gum it is possible to prepare gels for shower, shaving, various masks for a body, face skin and hair.
Face pack:
Husk two large sheets of an aloe. Take pulp and put its capacity in which you will prepare a mask. Add shchepot guara powder, 3-4 drops of vitamin E. Carefully mix the received weight and leave to infuse within 30 minutes.
On the pure and well steamed out leather (that a time opened), put a mask (by then it already has to bulk up). After half an hour wash away warm water.
Mask for hair:
- kefir house (warm) — 0.3 l;
- egg — 1 piece;
- shchepot gum of a guar tree.
It is good to mix, heat ingredients on a water bath to swelling then to apply on hair, under a cosmetic hat. Procedure duration — 1 hour.
Shampoo:
For a start prepare camomile broth:
- 2 tablespoons of color of a camomile to fill in 0.25 l of water, to put on fire;
- to bring to boiling then 15 minutes to weary on a water bath, to remove and decant;
- to hammer 1 egg into warm (not hot) broth, to add shchepot a guara.
To use as plain shampoo, having shaken up before application. Anti-cellulite gel:
- water — 100 ml;
- E412 — 1 tsp;
- essential oils (orange, grapefruit, lemon) — on 15 drops.
Mix is carefully stirred and shaken up before solidification. To use at massage of zones of formation of cellulitis.
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Shaving gel:
In water to dissolve polished children's soap. To enter mineral oils and a pinch of E412 into the received weight. To mix carefully. To heat before application.
Shower gel:
- 0.2 l of hydrolat of a camomile;
- 1 g of a guara;
- 15 ml of olive oil;
- 15 drops of essential oil (according to your desire).
To carefully vent components and to leave for 24 hours. Before application mix should be shaken up.
Whether you know? In 2007 in the Russian Federation, sale of products as a part of which there was E412 nutritional supplement was forbidden. The wave of negative information on this substance became result. It became clear later that the ban was imposed not because of qualities and properties of the emulsifier, and because of the dioxine found in synthetic gum which was delivered from India and Switzerland.
In cookery
E412 is actively applied in confectionery business, to pastries without use of wheat flour. In cases when apply whole grain crops, resort to the gum help. Pitch of a guara brings dough to the necessary state, prevents release of carbonic acid.
Apply a guara in such purposes:
- for creation of necessary viscosity to ketchups and mayonnaise;
- at production of oils;
- as the stabilizer and emulsifier as a part of meat and dairy products, jams and various jellies;
- in production of bread;
- for semi-finished products and canned food;
- for production of ice cream.
Pitch of a guara is added to products for patients with diabetes as E412 slows down digestion of sugar. From all aforesaid it is possible to draw a conclusion that E412 additive in the food industry is used for:
- obtaining high level of elasticity;
- giving of pastelike consistence;
- adjustments of density;
- moisture delays;
- preventing of crystallization when freezing;
- increases in volume and improvement of appearance of a product;
- increases in an expiration date.
Important! E412 additive is irreplaceable at baking of confectionery from bezglyutenovy flour. In this case, gum is a binding component which function in usual flour is performed by gluten, or gluten.
Harm and contraindications
Thanks to hypoallergenicity, E412 nutritional supplement is used practically without restrictions, in various industries, and is resolved around the world. From contraindications it is possible to allocate the following:
- individual intolerance;
- disorders of a GIT.
If with intolerance everything is clear, then, as for problems with a GIT which can be expressed in a meteorizm, impassability, etc., it is necessary to understand that such consequences can result from uncontrollable consumption of a product in very large numbers.
Similar cases were recorded at the use of E412 for weight loss in a huge number, at the same time liquid came to an organism very little, all it communicated in jelly.
In conclusion it is possible to tell that gum of a guar tree — a product quite useful, and at the correct application quite safe. Thanks to the qualities, this additive has a wide range of application.