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Guar gum, a natural, high molecular weight
polysaccharide due to its high water-binding ability, finds
use in a number of applications. IGL’s state-of-the-art
facility manufactures a wide range of guar products such as
treated and pulverised guar gum, depolymerised guar gum and
derivatised guar gum, etc.
Given below are the industry-wise applications that it serves:
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Industry
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Applications
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| Healthcare
and food processing |
Dairy and frozen foods, bakery products,
canned foods, sauces and salad dressing, beverages and
instant mixes, slimming regimens, special dietetics and
diabetic diets, soluble fibre and various clinical nutrition
recipes |
| Oil
and gas |
Deep oil well drilling, enhanced
oil recovery, plugging holes and pour point depressants |
| Textile |
Textile fabric and carpet printing,
textile sizing and crisp finishing of clothes |
| Paper |
Wet and dry end additives, reducing
drainage of fines, increasing strength and burst factor,
and improving rattling |
| Pharmaceuticals |
Tablet binding, viscosifying syrups,
disintegrating aids and suspending agents |
| Mining |
Concentration of ores, coal mining
and coal slurry - flowing aid, flocculation and better
recovery, stick explosives, blasting slurries and water
control and gelling agent |
| Building and paint
industry |
Binding, setting and cement plaster |
| Mosquito coils |
Agarbattis and incense sticks |
| Construction |
Construction |
| Future application |
Greenfield application for retaining
water in deserts |
| Packaging |
Packaging options that have varied
uses |
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