Guar gum for food

Guar Gum for Food

The Naturally Sourced Solution

Elevate your food and beverages with a creamy, consistent mouthfeel, from naturally sourced and versatile texturant while maintaining label friendliness.

Extracted from the seeds of guar plant in a simple milling process, our broad Guar solutions make a wide variety of foods look and taste as they should, with no negative interactions with other ingredients.

Discover how IFF Guar Gum can help you create more appealing, uniform products.

Guar naturally sourced solutions

From Field to Future

Through science and creativity, IFF works to develop sustainable solutions for a better world. A detailed Lifecycle Assessment Summary (LCA) study of GRINDSTED® Guar Gum was conducted to quantify the environmental impacts along its life cycle, from raw materials to finished products (cradle-to-gate).

In addition, our guar manufacturing site:

  • Is ISO 14001:2015 and food safety certified and SMETA audited

  • Maintain ethical and responsible business practices through our Sedex membership

Guar Gum for Industrial use

Why Choose IFF Guar Gum?

IFF offers an extensive range of naturally sourced products with specialized technical support around the globe.

Guar gum for industrial use

Broad and Versatile Portfolio

Our broad portfolio allows us to address all your needs spanning functionality, production efficiencies, cost-effectiveness, nutritional profile, and customized taste and color.

Guar for Food

Consistent Quality & Safety

At IFF, quality and safety are the foundations of our supply chain. Our rigorous approach to sourcing and supplier management combined with high standard quality control on physical and microbiogical specifications & functional properties helps ensure consistency, compliance and confidence batch-to-batch.

Comprehensive quality screening includes testing for ethylene oxide (ETO), pentachlorophenol (PCP), mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH/MOAH), heavy metals, pesticides, allergens and other critical parameters.

Guar gum for Food

Strong Expertise

Our leading Food & Beverages Application scientists are ready to create customer-specific solutions.

Their deep knowledge is not only in single ingredients but the combination with other products and hydrocolloids.

IFF solutions help producers create products with unmatched sensory experience, health benefits, and lessened environmental impact while optimizing costs.

Guar gum for food

Vast Applications

With eight times the thickening power of corn starch, guar controls viscosity and builds texture in food and beverages.

Explore some of the many applications of GRINDSTED® and MEYPRODOR® Guar including dressings, low/no fat mayonnaises, ice-creams, beverages, bakery, and plant-based dairy alternatives.

* GRINDSTED® Guar 200 Organic is Kosher and Halal certified.

* MEYPRODOR® is our Guar specialty range with neutral taste and odor, high-quality standard when faster hydration is required.

* PCP (Pentachlorophenol) and ETO (Ethylene oxide) are tested in the country of origin by accredited and approved labs.

IFF Guar Gum Applications

Bakery/Bars

Bakery/Bars

Guar gum is a baker’s secret ingredient to fresh, healthy baked goods with the decadent textures customers crave.

Enjoy firmer gel structure for fillings and glazes and provide structure to gluten-free products. Reduce fat without compromising quality healthier product formulations.

Freezing and thawing stability will make your products keep great taste and texture over shelf-life. Biscuits, bread, buns, pastries, and more all benefit from guar’s versatile functionalities.

Guar gum for food

Transform Ideas into Market-Ready Innovations

Bring your vision to life with IFF’s expertise in food and beverage innovation. Together, we can turn bold ideas into groundbreaking guar gum solutions.