| Gum Tragacanth | Colony Gums | Gum Tragacanth is a gummy emulsifying, stabilizing, and suspending agent that has a very long shelf life. Because of its relative stability to heat, acidity, and aging, Tragacanth is widely used as a thickener and stabilizer in pourable salad dressings of...view more Gum Tragacanth is a gummy emulsifying, stabilizing, and suspending agent that has a very long shelf life. Because of its relative stability to heat, acidity, and aging, Tragacanth is widely used as a thickener and stabilizer in pourable salad dressings of the regular and low calorie types. For similar reasons, it is used in relish sauces, condiment bases, sweet pickles, liquors, and mayonnaise. It is used at about 0.4–0.75% in the above products. Tragacanth provides clarity and brilliance to frozen pie fillings and toppings in which suspended fruit, fruit purees and flavors are used. The gum gives good shelf life to these acidic products. view less | |
| Konjac | Colony Gums | Konjac is a water-soluble dietary fiber that is used as a thickening, stabilizing, gelling, and binding agent. Fresh Konjac contains an average of 13% dry matter and 64% of the dry matter is glucomannan. Glucomannan is a type of soluble dietary fiber. So...view more Konjac is a water-soluble dietary fiber that is used as a thickening, stabilizing, gelling, and binding agent. Fresh Konjac contains an average of 13% dry matter and 64% of the dry matter is glucomannan. Glucomannan is a type of soluble dietary fiber. Soluble fibers attract water and form a gel, which slows down digestion. It can delay the emptying of your stomach and makes you feel full, which helps in weight control. Slower emptying of the stomach may also affect blood sugar levels and have a beneficial effect ion insulin sensitivity. Konjac can also help lower LDL (“bad”) blood cholesterol by interfering with the absorption of dietary cholesterol. Various types of jelly, pudding and fat-free confectioneries can be made by adopting different concentrations of the compound gum and adjusting to different pH values. view less |
