SHREECOL GUAR GUM POWDER

SPECIFICATION OF SHREECOL

APPLICATIONS

HISTORY OF GUAR GUM & PRODUCTION

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF SHREECOL

QUALITY & PRODUCT SAFETY

Guar Gum Split is manufactured from Guar Seeds and refined to different purity levels as per buyer’s requirements. This is the basic raw material for Guar Gum Powder production.

The SHREECOL series of Guargum powder are manufactured by using latest processing techniques. SHREECOL is an almost colourless amorphous powder, dispersible in cold and hot water to form a nearly clear colloidal solution.

SHREECOL series of Guargum powder is available in various viscosities and mesh sizes. SHREECOL Guargum powder is commonly used for Food and non-food applications throughout the world.

The main properties of SHREECOL powder are as under.

1. It is soluble in hot and cold water but insoluble in most organic solvents.

2. It is non-ionic and maintains a constant high viscosity over a broad range of pH(3-9)

3. The viscosity increase gradually with increasing concentration of SHREECOL in water.

4. The viscosity of SHREECOL is influenced by temperature, pH, presence of salts and other solids.

5. SHREECOL has excellent ability to control rheology by economic water phase management.

6. SHREECOL forms highly viscous collodial dispersion when hydrated in cold water. The time required for complete hydration in water and to achieve maximum viscosities depends on various factors i.e. the pH, temperature, grade of powder used, equipment etc.

7. SHREECOL is compatible with a variety of inorganic and organic substances including certain dyes and various constituents of food.

8. SHREECOL has excellent thickening, emulsion, stabilizing and film forming properties.

9. SHREECOL has strong hydrogen bonding properties.

On account of very specific properties, SHREECOL is commercially used in Food, Feeds and pharmaceutical Industries. It is responsible for the texture as well as the physical effects in non-food applications. SHREECOL improves the quality of food. SHREECOL has gained popularity over other Guargums and polysacchrides because of its ever increasing uses.

The 'Guar' legume plant is extremely drought resistant and thrives in semiarid regions where most plants perish. It grows best in sandy soils and areas of West, North-West India and parts of Pakistan are the ideal places for its farming. Jodhpur city in the North-Western state of Rajasthan in India is the most important and ideal processing centre for Guargum and contributes about 40% of the world's Guargum supply.

Guar requires reasonably warm weather and a growing season of 14 to 16 weeks. It needs moderate intermittent rainfall with lot of sunshine. Too much precipitation can cause the plant to become more' leafy' thereby reducing the number of pods and / or the number of seeds per pod which affects the size and yield of seeds. The crop is generally sown after the monsoon rainfall in second half of july / early August and is harvested in late October / early  November. The Guar is a natural rain fed crop and the total size of Guar crop varies from year to year depending upon monsoon rainfall.

In India, the tender green Guar is also used as a vegetable and cattle feed. A sever locust bean gum shortage, just after the second world war, adversely affected the paper and textile industries. Guargum was found to be the most suitable substitute for scarce locust bean gum. The technology of Guargum extraction was commercialised in 1953 in USA and after about a decade in India.

After harvesting, when the pods become dry through sunlight, they are beaten off and during the process, the seeds come out of them.

The molecular structure reveals that SHREECOL is a straight chain galactomannam with galactose on every other mannose unit. Beta 1-4 Glycosidic linkages couple the mannose units and the galactose side chains are linked through alpha1-6. The mannose to galactose ratio has been estimated at 1.8: 1 to 2 :1. The molecular weight of Guar has been reported as 1-2 x 106. Further studies indicate that SHREECOL is a rigid rod like polymer because of the beta linkage between the monomer units. The Guar hydroxyls are in the CIS positions. The CIS position is important since adjacent hydroxyl groups reinforce each other in hydrogen bonding reactions.

SHREECOL has excellent cold water solubility because of the high galactose: mannose ratio. The special properties of SHREECOL make it most suitable for various industrial applications.

QUALITY & PRODUCT SAFETY

QUALITY CONTROL LABS monitor the quality of raw materials, as well as semi-finished and finished products. These facilities are well-equipped to maintain quality standards across the globe and across industries.

Physical & Chemical Analysis: Guar Gum is analysed for

MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY - Performs bacteriological process control & testing of food grade products. It is well equipped for all types of microbiological analyses and testing.