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Altrafine Gums lists 17 grades in Food, Beverage & Nutrition. The sheets saved on this site are below.
Grades from Altrafine Gums
Cassia Tora Powder – 100 Mesh
Cassia Tora Powder – 100 Mesh is a wild crop and grows in most parts of India as a weed. A natural gelling agent which has industrial and food applications is made commercially from the seed. This product appears as an off-white to yellowish powder, and has a particle distribution of 100 mesh pass thru 80-100%. The primary chemical constituents of Cassia include cinnamaldehyde, gum, tannins, mannitol, coumarins, and essential oils. This product is used as a gelling agent, thickener, emulsifier, and a bonding agent.
Cassia Tora Powder – 150 Mesh
Cassia Tora Powder – 150 Mesh is a wild crop and grows in most parts of India as a weed. A natural gelling agent which has industrial and food applications is made commercially from the seed. This product appears as an off-white to yellowish powder, and has a particle distribution of 150 mesh pass thru 80-100%. The primary chemical constituents of Cassia include cinnamaldehyde, gum, tannins, mannitol, coumarins, and essential oils. This product is used as a gelling agent, thickener, emulsifier, and a bonding agent.
Cassia Tora Powder – 60 Mesh
Cassia Tora Powder – 60 Mesh is a wild crop and grows in most parts of India as a weed. A natural gelling agent which has industrial and food applications is made commercially from the seed. This product appears as an off-white to yellowish powder, and has a particle distribution of 60 mesh pass thru 80-100%. The primary chemical constituents of Cassia include cinnamaldehyde, gum, tannins, mannitol, coumarins, and essential oils. This product is used as a gelling agent, thickener, emulsifier, and a bonding agent.
Cumin Seed
Cumin is native to Egypt and has been cultivated in the Middle East, India, and China and Mediterranean countries for millennia. Cumin has played an important role as a food and medicine and has been a cultural symbol with varied attributes. Today and history also has experienced the flavor of cumin during the Roman Empire and in the ancient India where cumin has its mention as the sugandhan “well-smelling”. Cumin still maintained an important role in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Today, cumin is experiencing improved recognition owing to newfound appreciation of its culinary and therapeutic properties. Cumin is supposed to increase lactation and reduce nausea in pregnancy and has been shown to be effective in treating carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as diarrhea, indigestion and morning sickness.
Fennel Seed
Fennel is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses, and is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb like stem base that is used as a vegetable. Fennel is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Mouse Moth and the Anise Swallowtail. Fennel yields both an herb and a spice. All plant parts are edible: roots, stalks and leaves, with the spice coming from the dried seeds. A native to the Mediterranean, Fennel is an ancient and common plant known to the ancient Greeks and spread throughout Europe by Imperial Rome.
Fenugreek Gum Powder
Fenugreek Gum Powder is an edible seed and hence its isolated gum is the latest addition to the list of galactomannan gums. Fenugreek is an annual crop, mainly cultivated in India. Fenugreek gums was not used in industries till 1990 but after that fenugreek had dual use by removing the spice and other components and separate the unique galactomannan which is also known as fenugreek gum powder to be used in the industries. The fenugreek gum powder is tasteless and odourless. It contains galactomannan which is a polysaccharide made of galactose combined with mannan. It is considered very good for obesity and diabetic patients.
Guar Gum Powder
Gum is derived from guar seeds or cyamopsis tetragonoloba termed as Guar Gum. Guar Gum is relatively cost effective as compared to other thickeners and stabilizers along with it being an effective binder, plasticizer and emulsifier. One of the important properties of guar gum, a polysaccharide, is that it is high on galactose and mannose. Guar gum has been proven to lower blood glucose and insulin levels.
Kappa Carrageenan Gum Powder
Kappa Carrageenan Gum Powder is a product extracted from seaweed plant tissue that provides gelling properties for food products. This product is a compatible gelling agent that can be used in hot or cold foods. It is also a good stabilizing agent that can control the structure of water molecules, and as such is commonly used as a prime component in puddings. Kappa Carrageenan Gum Powder is synergistically compatible with other gum products in producing the desire gelling effect, and can be used as an alternative to animal based gelatin products.
Locust Bean Gum Powder
Locust Bean Gum Powder has a similar taste profile to cocoa, and is used in food products for moisture control, as a viscous agent, a stabilizer, thickening agent, as a texture modifier and to improve elasticity. This product is used to thicken products such as ice creams, baby foods, desserts and fruit extract syrups. Locust Bean Gum Powder is often used as a substitute for cocoa in specialty food items made for diet conscious and diabetic end users.
