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Amstel Product BV Locust bean gum

Amstel Product BV Locust bean gum, also known as LBG, carob bean gum or carob, is a thickening and a gelling agent that is widely used, primarily in the food industry. Locust bean gum is a natural products, extracted from the carob tree, mostly found in the Mediterranean region. Locust bean gum is extracted from the carob bean, the seeds of the carob tree. And there is carob powder, also called carob flour; a products derived from the ripe, dried and grounded locust tree pods of the carob tree.

Ingredient Name: Carob Bean Gum

Functions: Gelling Agent, Thickener, Viscosity Modifier

    Knowde Enhanced TDS

    Identification & Functionality

    Ingredient Name

    Carob Bean Gum

    Food Ingredients Functions

    Gelling Agent,

    Thickener,

    Viscosity Modifier

    Food Additive Number
    E 410, INS 410
    Technologies

    Food Ingredients

    Product Families

    Food Ingredients — Texture & Consistency

    Starches & Thickeners,

    Texturizers

    Features & Benefits

    Product Highlights

    LBG Nutrition

    LBG products have wonderful nutritional benefits as an additive for the food and feed industry. The carob seed and its been gum contain up to 80% protein and many vitalizing minerals that can treat coughs and diarrhea.

    Carob Gum/Locust Bean Gum/Gomme de caroube is an EU-approved product, known as E410. It can be safely used in any food products.

    Applications & Uses

    Markets

    Food & Nutrition

    Applications

    Food & Nutrition — Food

    Bakery

    Applications

    The carob bean gum from the carob seeds/carob beans is used in the food industry as a food thickening agent in dairy or in baked goods to increase dough quality, or to prevent fillings from seeping. LBG is also used in pet foods. The mining industry uses it to refine products and the paper and textile industry applies it too, where they use carob gum and carob chips from the carob tree to thicken their end products.

    Regulatory & Compliance

    Certifications & Compliance

    Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)