GUM TRAGACANTH
Gum tragacanth has been used as a stabilizer, emulsifier, and thickener in food products. Its superior water-absorbing qualities make it an excellent thickening agent. Gum tragacanth is used in many everyday commercial products of low viscosity as jellies and pourable dressings.
Gum tragacanth has been used as a stabilizer, emulsifier, and thickener in food products. Its superior water-absorbing qualities make it an excellent thickening agent. Gum tragacanth is used in many everyday commercial products of low viscosity as jellies and pourable dressing
The average amount of moisture is 20 %. Gum tragacanth is very hard to powder, and is best made into mucilage by soaking the pieces in fifty times its weight of water, when it swells up into a thick, jelly-like mucilage without actually dissolving.